Eleanor Catton Quotes

Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature.

Eleanor Catton

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ChildrenMeLiteratureOutAdult

I think I am the oldest member and have been in good standing longer than any other member of this church.

John Harvey Kellogg

GoodI AmThinkChurchStanding

You'll find that fellow gym go-ers are super supportive and friendly. It must be all those endorphins going around!

Jenna Ushkowitz

YouGymFindFriendlyGoingMust

I did my first show when I was five and I was the King of the Oompa Loompas in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' The kids' theater company, I was the youngest one, so there wasn't a part for me, so they made me the king of the Oompa Loompas.

Max Schneider

KingMeChocolateFirstCompany

I do think that whatever ambition I may have had natively was amplified by my father's clear valuing of it. I knew that was what my dad really cared about.

Angela Duckworth

FatherAmbitionThinkWhateverMay

Well, your greatest joy definitely comes from doing something for another, especially when it was done with no thought of something in return.

John Wooden

JoyThoughtDoingDoneReturnWell

I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.

Amy Hempel

ChemistryUpOrganicVeterinarian

I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.

Mike Tyson

LifeFutureDayMy LifeKnowWay

Actually, if you look at the essence of ISIS, how it came about, it's the product of foreign invasion. Foreign invasion in Iraq led to removal of Saddam Hussein, and we're not unhappy with that, but the point is that foreign presence in any territory has created dynamics. And you cannot avoid those dynamics.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

UnhappyYouLookProductPresence

By the time I went to college, I knew the major passages of the Bible pretty much by heart.

Jay Parini

HeartTimeCollegeBiblePretty

It's very hard to persuade a young person who has seen the Great Recession, who has seen all the problems with inequality, to tell them inequality is not important and that markets are always efficient. They'd think you're crazy.

Joseph Stiglitz

GreatCrazyProblemsThinkYouHard

If you take guys like Exequiel Bustillo, the architect who designed the early park infrastructure in Argentina, or the great American architects, these guys had a vision that thrust the national park idea into the public eye.

Douglas Tompkins

VisionGreatEyeAmericanYouEarly

My job is to analyze conversations and discover why communications fail.

Deborah Tannen

JobWhyFailConversationsDiscover

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