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Tea Obreht Quotes

I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: serbian
Birth: September 30, 1985

Topics

Remember Egypt Places Up Fantastic

We think that fear must be played out in fight, with military intervention, or in flight, via isolationism - but we are not hunted game, and those are not the only options. There is also the possibility of acceptance, with its corollary of understanding and its ultimate manifestation in embracing.

Fear Acceptance Fight Game Think

My personal mission statement is to combine the intimately human and the grandly cosmic. I like to think that science fiction works on these two different scales.

Robert J. Sawyer

Science Think Mission Personal Human

The Schwarzman Scholars is a program that was designed with Tsinghua University. They asked me to do something in honor of their 100th anniversary.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

Anniversary Me Honor University

I left Colombia because Univision brought me to the United States.

Me United Left Because Colombia

It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work.

Work Best People Me Important Need

When you work for DC, it's sort of like working for the CIA. You have a vow of silence.

Work Silence You CIA Working Like

I'm into all things German. Everything that I own is German. As far as cars go, anyway.

Go Everything Own Things Far Anyway

I even like the Scottish weather because, like everywhere in the U.K., you can't have great beauty without lots of rain.

Dominic Holland

Beauty Great Rain Weather You Even

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

Learning Great Ignorance Training

Some might say that that while al Qaeda the organization may be basically dead, its ideology continues to thrive and to inspire 'lone wolves' to attack the United States.

Organization Wolves Inspire Thrive

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

Effort Jump Lazy Task Through Means

Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it.

Nicola Sturgeon

Politics Ideas Make A Difference Want

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