Nathan Englander Quotes

I understand if everyone looking at me is seeing a Jew and seeing me as a kind of 'other.' But I can't be expected to see myself that way. That is, to me, Jewish is the normal way to be; it's not a type of being.

Nathan Englander

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MyselfMeLookingSeeingUnderstand

I am an American, but a sense of otherness was part of my growing up. I spoke Norwegian before I spoke English. My mother is Norwegian.

Siri Hustvedt

MotherI AmGrowing UpAmericanUp

The hour and a half I'm on stage is my favourite part of the day when I'm on tour because the only part I really love is the interaction with the audience.

Sia

LoveDayLove IsStageAudience

Every problem is super-interesting and has its own nuances, and you solve it today, but you try to solve it with an architecture. You build a machine to solve the problems that are like it later. And then you move on to the next.

Travis Kalanick

TodayArchitectureProblemsProblem

We are a company for the people, please get involved. Be part of the conversation.

Liz Parrish

PeopleConversationCompanyGetPart

I've never loved spending time on the machines at the gym. But I have discovered an exercise regimen I can dedicate myself to: yoga. It's changed my body.

Judy Reyes

TimeMyselfSpending TimeLovedBody

Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days.

Joshua Slocum

PatienceThoughtNowTurnOutDays

Any other illness, any other disease that we're faced with, there's sympathy and understanding. We get help for those. With mental illness, our go-to is to categorize them as, 'Oh, they're crazy,' to belittle the problem.

Chris Wood

CrazySympathyProblemHelpDisease

I like to take pictures of my Starbucks cups because, while I don't think my name is that difficult, apparently it is!

Briga Heelan

ThinkNamePicturesStarbucksTake

I was extremely curious growing up. I taught myself how to sew, French braid, and cook. When I wasn't creating things with my hands, I was learning more about tech. I was experimenting with email at nine, had my first cell phone at 13, and was truly obsessed with the Internet as a teenager.

Brit Morin

LearningMyselfCuriousGrowing Up

I tend to play nurses and waitresses and policewomen.

Allison Tolman

PlayNursesTend

I'm always frustrated when somebody makes a movie out of a book and they leave the book behind, or the heart of it.

Sean Penn

HeartBookAlwaysOutLeaveBehind

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.

Richard Perle

PeopleAmericanRulesBeyondProtect

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