David Grann Quotes
After a traumatic event, people tend to store a series of memories and arrange them into a meaningful narrative. They remember exactly where they were and to whom they were talking.
Quotes to Explore
-
In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
-
Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
-
Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
-
I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
-
It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.
-
Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
-
We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
-
None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
-
I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
-
A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
-
It's nice for me to be in touch with a younger generation.
-
When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
-
Singing is a prayer to me.
-
I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
-
You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
-
I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
-
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
-
Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
-
I think the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.
-
Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that principle.
-
Since your company is the product that makes all of your other products, it should be the best product of all. When you begin to think of your company this way, you evaluate it differently. You ask different questions about it. You look at improving it constantly, rather than just accepting what it's become.
-
I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.
-
President Obama knows that wars are not to be entered into lightly; he knows that overseas conflicts don't only do damage in the land in which they are fought, but in the land of those who fight them, as well.
-
After a traumatic event, people tend to store a series of memories and arrange them into a meaningful narrative. They remember exactly where they were and to whom they were talking.
