Tao Lin Quotes

If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.

Tao Lin

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BrainStartBookReadingThinkYou

For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring prisoners to serve more time.

Mel Carnahan

TimePastSexDownCrimeMore

In general, I think very few people have a sustained interest in news.

John Hockenberry

PeopleThinkNewsInterestGeneral

The focus on just thinking about standardized test scores as being synonymous with achievement for teenagers is ridiculous, right? There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.

Angela Duckworth

LifeFocusAchievementThinkingCare

I joke that a person of color would never make a movie like 'Midnight in Paris.' Nostalgia isn't so enticing.

Meshell Ndegeocello

ColorNostalgiaParisPersonNever

My goal is to make space for my selfhood. All of it. All of me, not just the parts I like or think that others like but all of it.

Tracee Ellis Ross

SpaceMeThinkGoalOthersJust

I didn't like to be restricted, because when you're in a choir, you have a part to sing and you sing it. I always liked singing on my own.

Tom Jones

SingingYouMy OwnChoirAlwaysOwn

Pretty woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth. No one could look as good as you, mercy.

Roy Orbison

GoodTruthWomanBelieveYouLook

Having an automobile in Los Angeles enables me to change clothes at least three times a day: I will go from western wear to nautical to Savile Row in the course of 12 hours.

RuPaul

ChangeDayMeClothesGoThree

A global deal will only be possible if Britain plays its part, leading the way with other developed countries.

Lucy Powell

WillWayPossibleDealGlobalOnly

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; we can listen to the same music as kids all around the world and share our ideas.

Jason Mraz

WorkLoveMusicIdeasWorldListen

But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.

Donald Sutherland

MoneyYouCircleGoKnowSitting

I don't want to sound too critical, but we're taking a wait-and-see approach on UltraViolet.

Bob Iger

WantSoundCriticalApproachTaking

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