David Grann Quotes
Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.
David Grann
Quotes to Explore
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The one thing that always bothered me when I played in the NBA was I really got irritated when they put a white guy on me.
Larry Bird
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Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.
Larry Kramer
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When our ancestors crouched about the camp fire at night, they told each other tales of gods and heroes, monsters and marvels, to hold back the terrors of the night. Such tales comforted and entertained, diverted and educated those who listened, and helped shape their sense of the world and their place in it.
Kate Forsyth
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I'm not graceful.
Karlie Kloss
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
Damon Albarn
Gorillaz
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Today, currently, business owners can go out and find out if the person they are hiring is eligible to work here or if they are not. We need to think about how we are impacting workers.
Gary Miller
Bad Brains
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Science already contained all that was necessary, if you just brought it out.
Arthur Young
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I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.
Franka Potente
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I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
Eddie Redmayne
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There was one point where my mother was dying of lung cancer, and a journalist dressed up as a nurse and got in the house to get a picture of her, dying of lung cancer and stuff like that, and then you realise the fame's not all it's cracked up to be.
Pete Burns
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You learn more about yourself in intimate relationships than any other endeavor. I can go do 'King and I' and sing out in front of 1,000-plus people, but trying to open up about something that's bothering me with somebody that I'm in a relationship with? That's the scariest thing.
Conrad Ricamora
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Books were a huge part of my childhood growing up. We would go on vacation, and my mom was always carting manuscripts around.
David Grann