Evan Osnos Quotes

When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

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• My favorite thing about playing a vampire is the stunts. It's just a new, fun thing to do. Especially as a girl, being able to be all dolled up in heels and little outfits and be able to kick boys' butts, I think it's a really fun, make-believe world to play.

  

  Candice Accola
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• In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.

  

  Salman Rushdie
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• I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.

  

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• It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.

  

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• In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.

  

  Baz Luhrmann
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• Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).

  

  Edmund White
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• It's definitely the development that has changed the way Montenegro is seen in the eyes of the world.

  

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• Swiss chard is undervalued in Britain. It's a great substitute for spinach and keeps its shape well.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
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• Some people may have their doubts about me. But I feel like there's no shot too hard for me to take.

  

  Zach LaVine
  • People
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• Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.

  

  Tawakkol Karman
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  • Stop
  • Injustice

• My music is the chicken soup kind. I want people to get a good feeling in their soul from these songs. Roots rock, heartland rock... whatever you want to call it is OK with me.

  

  Kate Voegele
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• Secular writers can tell a story about the physical, the emotional, and the intellectual parts of a character. But no matter how well they tell the story, they miss a facet that is innately part of all of us - the spiritual.

  

  Karen Kingsbury
  • Character
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• The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
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• The only pressure I feel is to write good books. And to not replicate the previous book. Whether you have a thousand readers or a million readers it doesn't change the pressure. I never feel tempted to give the reader what I think the reader wants.

  

  Jo Nesbo
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• When films are remade, it often becomes a big deal. In theater, it's called a revival.

  

  Condola Rashad

• For me, it's interesting because I never thought of myself as an action man, but apparently I can do it, so that's good to know.

  

  Jamie Campbell Bower
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• Human beings and their actions constitute the advancing front, the surging crest of an ongoing movement that never stops.

  

  Corliss Lamont

• I don't think, 'Oh, you know, I'm crazy and zany.'

  

  Carol Kane
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• I believe our foreign assistance should be scrutinized, should be debated, and that we should strike the right balance, but in all cases the foreign assistance that we provide around the world should be used to further our national security interests.

  

  John Sununu
  • World
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• We the Chinese nation have the spirit to fight the enemy to the last drop of our blood, the determination to recover our lost territory by our own efforts, and the ability to stand on our own feet in the family of nations.

  

  Mao Zedong
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• I was very lucky. I don't know German, or Dutch, or Chinese, or Thai. I don't know them, so I can't judge, so I have to go on the word of the publisher that it's a good translation.

  

  Sandra Cisneros
  • Chinese
  • Lucky
  • Judging

• When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects.

  

  Evan Osnos
  • Chinese
  • Public
  • Discover