Keith Gessen Quotes

Baba Seva - Seva Efraimovna Gekhtman - was born in a small town in Ukraine in 1919. Her father was an accountant at a textile factory, and her mother was a nurse. Her parents moved to Moscow with her and her brothers when she was a child.

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I have never won big fights just doing one thing, being one-dimensional.

Andre Ward

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There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.

Robert Peel

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I feel like an '8 Mile' Eminem compared to 'My Name is.' Whenever my name is brought up, it's in a 'Slim Shady' way, and it's funny, and I'm lighthearted, but at the same time, every once in a while, I like to take it seriously.

Michael Beasley

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I work on my body to stay fit, but that does not make me superior to anyone. I am a forthright and hardworking girl.

Amisha Patel

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The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

Steve Carell

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Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of the arm, you can see the shape of the face and the face starts to gather character. You have to find it.

Jason Reitman

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I think you can separate yourself from your fears. You know what you should do, and it's just scary to do it. But I'd hate to let the fact that I'm scared to do it make me not do it. It ends up defining you. Because the moves you make are then based on what you don't want to do.

Josh Homme

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Stories about travelers coming into town and doing good have been part of our storytelling since the Bible.

Dean Devlin

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I think one of my pursuits over the years is trying to answer the question of, 'What else can you do with a voice other than stand in front of a microphone and sing?'

Brian Eno

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Don't be proud of me. Do something to make yourself proud of yourself.

Brett Gelman

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The nature of comedy is 'just do it.' But I think what's interesting about it is this joke has been around and why. And it's just saying what's wrong and how wrong can you be if you say it.

Bob Saget

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I don't care if my books don't sell abroad; we have a large enough market in our country. I write for Indian readers.

Ashwin Sanghi

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