Ben Dolnick Quotes

Penelope Fitzgerald's nine novels are thin enough that if you were so inclined, you could take her entire literary output down from the shelf with a single stretched hand. You'd be holding an eclectic bunch.

Ben Dolnick

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EnoughYouDownHandSingleTake

I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate!

Joanna Trollope

KindnessHomeGreatWelcomeEdge

I long ago lost track of the number of times the Obama administration has assured everyone that its vacuum-cleaner approach to electronic surveillance does not threaten the privacy or the rights of Americans.

Andrew Rosenthal

LongPrivacyLostEveryoneRights

You really need to love something or someone in order to work hard enough to be very successful. You have to believe in something and have a certain optimism. Faith and optimism come from love.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

WorkLoveFaithOptimismWork Hard

First and foremost, localization is a customer strategy, it's not a cost arbitrage or whatever.

John L. Flannery

StrategyCustomerFirstWhatever

Nowadays people seem to switch schools, either because they have to, and certain schools only serve certain grades, or because they move to a different place or have some particular interest, but I was in the same school for 13 years.

Steve Case

SchoolPeopleGradesPlaceSame

Creating a character on or off the stage is an escape.

Roger Moore

CharacterCreatingEscapeStageOff

To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing.

Luis Fonsi

PeaceAmazingThinkSayPresident

When I see old friends, I'm very excited.

Chino Moreno

Old FriendsFriendsOldSeeExcited

The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.

Christopher Nolan

BestFeelNeedOutJustAccommodate

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him.

Arthur C. Clarke

GodCreateWorshipHimPlanetMay

Achieving the highest possible return on human capital must be every manager's goal.

Brian Tracy

GoalAchievingManagerPossibleMust

Doing interviews about my films really bothers me sometimes, because I have to speak directly and clearly about things I've intended to keep ambiguous, and in a way, I feel like I'm betraying my film.

Asghar Farhadi

MeSpeakFeelDoingSometimesWay

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