J. J. Abrams Quotes

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

J. J. Abrams

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AloneMeIdeasEndPushTry

A death from a long illness is very different from a sudden death. It gives you time to say goodbye and time to adjust to the idea that the beloved will not be with you anymore.

Meghan O'Rourke

TimeDeathGoodbyeLongYouSay

He rolls it under his tongue as a sweet morsel.

Matthew Henry

SweetTongueRollsHeHis

I think there are much bigger differences between players in this league than between coaches. There is a big gap between LeBron James and the small forward for whoever. Far bigger than between two coaches.

Jeff Van Gundy

SmallForwardThinkDifferencesBig

People are really willing to believe in impossible things, which is really beautiful.

Michael Carbonaro

BeautifulPeopleImpossibleBelieve

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.

John Podhoretz

ChangePoliticalGenderYouChoose

There is nothing like visiting a facility to get a sense of how companies work.

Steve Jurvetson

WorkNothingSenseGetLikeHow

Turkey is immersed in a profound social and political conflict between secularists, who have been in power since the republic was founded, and an insurgent Islamic-based movement that seeks to increase the role of religion in public life.

Stephen Kinzer

LifePowerReligionConflictRole

I think kid actors may grow up faster, with the responsibility of having to do school work, learn all lines.

Storm Reid

WorkResponsibilitySchoolThinkKid

And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

Tom Hanks

BusinessTimePoliticsDinnerYou

Trump sees the world in terms of a zero-sum game. In reality, globalisation, if well managed, is a positive-sum force: America gains if its friends and allies - whether Australia, the E.U., or Mexico - are stronger. But Trump's approach threatens to turn it into a negative-sum game: America will lose, too.

Joseph Stiglitz

WorldGameRealityAmericaStronger

From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me.

Donald Kagan

HistoryTimeMyselfMeReadingBoy

I was in Toronto with my parents, and my dad took me to an outdoor hockey rink. I was 3 or 4, and I just remember everything about that day. For some reason, I thought, 'This is it. This is what I'm supposed to do.' And this is around the time that Gretzky came to L.A., so I immediately joined a hockey league.

Wyatt Russell

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