Keith Gessen Quotes

We will be judged as a society and as a culture by how we treated our meanest and most vulnerable citizens. If we keep going the way we're going, we will be judged very, very harshly - and sooner, perhaps, than we think.

Keith Gessen

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Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'

Jessica Simpson

SeaFishKnowChickenTunaSays

I was born into a Turkish family that had acquired Italian citizenship. Many members of the family subsequently became British, French, Brazilian, and German, so there was a bit of everything. It was not uncommon for people in the family to speak seven languages: English, French, Ladino, Italian, Turkish, Arabic, and even Greek.

Andre Aciman

FamilyPeopleSpeakCitizenshipBorn

I always tell people I'm not one of these guys that was, like, born with, like, a halfway decent body.

Max Greenfield

PeopleBodyBornAlwaysTellDecent

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.

Matthew Arnold

TruthMenLipsDying

I don't think there is ever objective biography. Our vision of our subject is always shaped by who we are. So I do, of course, think the biographer's view is always something to keep in mind.

Stacy Schiff

VisionMindThinkViewAlwaysKeep

I hate learning lines, so the fight stuff's always my favorite.

Travis Fimmel

LearningHateFightAlwaysStuff

Sometimes, occasionally, people will make out in the audience, completely not aware that there's a human being onstage just yards away from them, who can see them. Sometimes people think that you're on television while you're onstage, so you're not even a person.

Mike Birbiglia

PeopleThinkYouTelevisionPerson

I am huge fan of Australian comedy. 'Strictly Ballroom' is one of my favorite movies. Definitely the British Commonwealth's sensibility is where I draw a lot of my influences.

Jonathan Krisel

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My father was an American who could cuss in Italian and make an aria out of it. It was wonderful to watch. But then again, he was a Gemini. I believe in that stuff.

Dominic Chianese

FatherBelieveAmericanI Believe

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

Derek Jeter

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Music, performance, and a woman is very rarely accepted within Muslim communities.

Deeyah Khan

MusicWomanPerformanceWithinVery

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

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