Charles M. Blow Quotes
I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.Charles M. Blow
Quotes to Explore
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
J. Michael Straczynski -
I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
Dambisa Moyo -
Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
Karen Salmansohn -
If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.
Randall Jarrell -
I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
Gale Anne Hurd -
People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
Idris Elba
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
Barton Gellman -
I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
Zoe Kravitz -
I've always been taught that hard work doesn't fail.
Zach LaVine -
I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
Vikram Seth -
In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
Mallory Ortberg -
There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
Abraham Verghese
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
Yami Gautam -
Everything we did was criticized. For about thirty years we lived with the world against us, accusing us of things we didn't do!
Ian Smith -
I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
Fran Drescher -
They hate whom they fear.
Quintus Ennius -
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
Mae West -
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
Rafael Correa
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Barring some sociopaths, probably, there is nobody who doesn't care about their appearance.
Mary Beard -
All our efforts must tend towards light.
Antonio Machado -
Writing's like gambling. Unpredictable and sporadic successes make you more addicted, not less.
M. John Harrison -
There are noble books but one wants the breath of life sometimes. And I see no divine person. I myself am more divine than any I see - I think that is enough to say about them...
Margaret Fuller -
I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book.
Charles M. Blow