Daniel Okrent Quotes

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

Daniel Okrent

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: editor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

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Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.

Jim Mattis

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Boxing's not in my blood... it just grew on me.

Sonny Bill Williams

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You have to be delusional to be a comedian.

Mike Birbiglia

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Pearl Jam sit down and have conversations about Kiss all the time on tour.

Mike McCready

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If you wanted to dissect the structure of living cells, genetic analysis was an extremely powerful method, so my interest turned to that.

Joshua Lederberg

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I suspect the real reason the N.F.L. and N.B.A. don't want high schoolers and college underclassmen to play with their ball is that they don't want to jeopardize their relationship with National Collegiate Athletic Association, which serves as a sort of free minor league and unpaid promotional department for the pros.

David Shields

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I'm not a conservative of any kind.

Christopher Hitchens

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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

Bodhidharma

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Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks.

Brit Marling

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It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do.

Anthony Carmona

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I was raised in a tribal situation, among cannibal people.

William P. Young

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On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like to cover all my bases.

Susan Orlean

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