Evan Osnos Quotes

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.

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• When I'm in the studio, I'm strictly thinking about the beats, the rhymes and the song. The decision I make once the songs are created, and there's a barcode put on the package, and I'm out there in the street selling it, those decisions as a businessman are different than the creative decisions you make.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Different
  • Thinking
  • Song

• I'm admittedly not that into the Internet.

  

  Kate Spade
  • Internet
  • Admittedly

• The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Rest
  • Authority
  • Analysis

• When, one day, you have made your mark on the world, remember that, in the ultimate analysis, we are all mere temporary custodians of the wealth we generate, whether it be financial, intellectual, or emotional. The best use of all your wealth is to share it with those less fortunate.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • World
  • Remember
  • Emotional

• Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.

  

  Jack Vance

• The worst takes its time to come, and then to pass.

  

  Anne Rice
  • Time

• Just like a bolt of thunder and a streak of heat Leo covered Jo Jo with all four feet Jo Jo was screamin' with tears in his eyes Said,' Please Mr. Leo, I apologize'

  

  Chuck Berry
  • Eyes
  • Tears

• Somehow, we have to realize that what we watch and what we listen to not only often reflects our most violent tendencies but cultivates more violence.

  

  Bernice King
  • Violence

• Organizations worried about the potential for e-voting problems have long-advocated for audit procedures by which votes cast by e-voting machines could be verified through audit trails.

  

  Bob Barr
  • Long

• I was a liberal arts junkie and I figured, well, I'll go work for somebody somewhere. All I knew was that I was going to have to come home and figure it out.

  

  Mary Chapin Carpenter
  • Work
  • Home

• I was raised in the greatest of homes... just a really great dad, and I miss him so much... he was a good man, a real simple man... Very faithful, always loved my mom, always provided for the kids, and just a lot of fun.

  

  Max Lucado
  • Good
  • Great
  • Real

• I was not fighting myself at all as I used to.

  

  Daniela Hantuchova
  • Fighting

• I tend to write better when I'm not touring.

  

  Keith Urban

• There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.

  

  Bob Woodward
  • Done
  • May
  • Book

• I think Yandex is something in between two different cultures. One originated from the old Soviet culture of the scientific institute. It was a free atmosphere of scientists, maybe too free because nobody cared about making money. Another origin is something close to what you usually see in California startups.

  

  Arkady Volozh
  • Different
  • Money
  • Free

• I represent the Port of Philadelphia, and I know firsthand the important role that ports play in the national and global economy. I have also seen how simple accidents can have devastating impacts on the port system.

  

  Allyson Schwartz
  • Important
  • Simple

• I'm neurotic about trying not to be neurotic!

  

  Gwen Stefani No Doubt
  • Trying

• I like celluloid, I like film, I like the way that when a movie is projected it sort of breathes a little in the gate. That's the magic of it to me.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Me
  • Film
  • Magic

• My first plays were amazingly bad, but I had a teacher who thought I had promise, and he kept working with me. I finally went to a summer workshop before my senior year with people like Sam Shepard and Maria Irene Fornes who encouraged me to write from my subconscious, and suddenly all this material about culture clash came out.

  

  David Henry Hwang
  • People
  • Bad
  • Culture

• When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air.

  

  Evan Osnos
  • Understanding
  • Air
  • Beijing