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Adrienne Mayor Quotes

Anyone who's watched 'The Hunger Games', or female archers, knows that that is an absolutely physiologically ridiculous idea.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: historian
Nationality: american
Birth: 1946

Topics

Ridiculous Games Hunger Idea Knows

There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.

Work Education Live Health Doing

I can't stand the idea of missing something. I've got to know what's going on - it's like an animal instinct with me.

Animal Me Stand Know Missing Going

When I write about places in L.A. - like where the best taco truck is or something - it's not about L.A. To me, it's about Harry Bosch, because he's the guy that does these things and has this experience.

Michael Connelly

Best Experience Me Truck Places Guy

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

Mercedes McCambridge

Admiration Anonymous Phenomenon

I may be on set acting, I may be in the studio recording, I might be teaching dance class all in the same day - so how can I manage all of those needs, prepare for all of those things, and still grow and train in all of them? The best you can do is, when you're focusing on one, be there and be present.

Best Day Dance Present Grow Acting

Music used to be a more personal thing, and it defined who you were. Now it's like wallpaper.

Music You Now Personal More Used

I have always believed that your face is a mirror to your nature.

Nature Mirror Face Always Your

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

Light Writing Literature Question

I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam'ron. Jim Jones. Hurricane Chris.

Ski Mask the Slump God

Man New York New Reason Used Like

The U.S. is not great at defense, but in my travels overseas, I realized that everyone else is even worse.

Dmitri Alperovitch

Great Everyone Defense Worse Even

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

Donnie Wahlberg

People Want Us Gods Entertainers

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people.

Community School People Small High

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