Evan Osnos Quotes
The only real mystery in the stories of political plagiarism is its durability in an age of Turnitin and other scanning software that can protect an author from his own mistakes, intentional or otherwise.
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Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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With experience, you improve. I'm a better player now, more complete than I was when I was player of the year.
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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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I'm a pretty big news junkie.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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Beaujolais is so underrated.
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The power of the American people, when we rise up and stand for liberty, knows no bounds.
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I'm from a country where acting is taken very seriously; it's a very serious profession.
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Some people try to cyber bully me; they try to get to me with words, but that doesn't really work.
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Finding your place as an artist is the hardest thing. You come out of college with what feels like a Mickey Mouse degree that qualifies you for nothing in the real world.
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So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.
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I don't want fans mad at me, so I gotta give them what they expect and what they want.
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I am just back from South Sudan, one of the world's most fragile nations. For years, I have been moved by the kind people who maintain hope that they will live to see peace. My heart has ached for them, as they have endured pain and violence that make such hope feel out of reach.
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My brain doesn't like to be quiet.
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
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I think it is worse [in 2015] for a mid-list author such as myself. You either have to sell like Stephen King or go with the small presses where there is no money. I was lucky to have been in the right place and time for many years.
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I believe the most important mission of the state is to protect the individual and make it possible for him to develop into a creative personality.
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Would a real man get caught eating a twinkie?
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I want to believe there is a somebody out there for me. I want to believe that I exist to be there for that somebody.
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The only real mystery in the stories of political plagiarism is its durability in an age of Turnitin and other scanning software that can protect an author from his own mistakes, intentional or otherwise.
