Dan Chaon Quotes

I've had a lot of different lives. I was adopted, I grew up in Nebraska, and then I went to Northwestern... Then I had this really extraordinary, different life than my parents.

Dan Chaon

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Music videos are notoriously long, not fun, grueling. You are known there as a dancer and it's kind of sad because dancers, in a lot of ways, are under-appreciated and kind of under-respected when it come to that so they don't necessarily treat you in a nice way when you do a music video.

Jenna Dewan

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A shift is necessary toward lifestyles less geared to environmental damaging consumption patterns.

Maurice Strong

EnvironmentalPatternsShiftLess

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.

Anita Hill

LifeExperienceMy LifeChanged

I'll make a diet cheesecake, but I'll put it in a Sara Lee box. Or I'll have a huge bowl of pasta, but it's actually just a cup of pasta - the rest is vegetables. It makes me feel less deprived.

Stephen Furst

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Magazines are about trust and partnership: We, the editors, will strive always to keep you engaged; you, the readers, are free to engage with us or to reject us.

Stefano Tonchi

TrustFreePartnershipYouStrive

What's my favorite food besides pancakes? I guess it would be flapjacks, followed closely by hotcakes. After that, crepes... but thick crepes. Y'know, like, pancake-thick.

Rob Riggle

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If I would be happy, I would be a very bad ball player. With me, when I get mad, it puts energy in my body.

Roberto Clemente

HappyMeBe HappyEnergyBodyBad

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. I'll take an angry moose any day.

Don Kardong

DayAngryKnowUpTakeDisease

I've worked in two public school districts, Minneapolis and Baltimore, one as a senior leader. And while we might not always have agreed with the union, and we might have had deep differences, they came to the table.

DeRay Mckesson

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It's important for girls to feel strong and powerful even when they're playing sports.

Christen Press

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With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.

Art Spiegelman

WorkTrustEnoughWorthYouMeasure

When I moved to New York in '93, we'd go dancing a lot. That's what kept us in shape, I think.

Pedro Pascal

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