Evan Osnos Quotes
If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.
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The craft of writing is all the stuff that you can learn through school; go to workshops and read books. Learn characterization, plot and dialogue and pacing and word choice and point of view. Then there's also the art of it which is sort of the unknown, the inspiration, the stuff that is noncerebral.
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I think we learn from medicine everywhere that it is, at its heart, a human endeavor, requiring good science but also a limitless curiosity and interest in your fellow human being, and that the physician-patient relationship is key; all else follows from it.
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I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing.
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I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.
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To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.
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A penny will not buy a penny postcard or a penny whistle or a single piece of penny candy. It will not even, if you're managing the U.S. Mint, buy a penny.
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We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.
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Living without hate for people is almost impossible.
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When it comes down to hardball, we have a veto pen, and I've used it in the past, and I expect we will have opportunity to use it in the future. That's the nature of the business.
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I've always thought that gaming and YouTube and the web is a very post-punk extravaganza.
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It's like with feminism. We talk a lot about feminism meaning complete freedom, and for some people, that means, like, 'Free the nipple!' But there's another end of the feminist spectrum, and that's where people like me are.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I do tend to overdo everything.
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However, the thought hit me that this was a pretty pathetic way to kick the bucket - being accidentally poisoned during a photo shoot, of all things - and I started weeping at the idiocy of it all.
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Football is my sanctuary. It's where I go to escape. It's where I'm most happy.
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A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.
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I wouldn't be face-washing anyone in real life. I'd be skating to the bench real fast to get away.
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With courage and character, American soldiers continue to put themselves on the line to defend our freedom, and so many have paid the ultimate sacrifice.
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My father used to administer herbal medicine for free. But I can't give drugs for free. So the next best thing is to give it at as low a price as possible.
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When I directed my first short – 'American Virgin' – I had no idea if I could actually do it. Like, I might just get onto set, have everyone look at me and just completely freeze and have no idea what to do. But pretty much the opposite of that happened. I was like a fish diving into the sea.
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It was a stupid political act ... today I deeply regret it but at the time I could not act otherwise. It was a political decision
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A fart is not only a political statement; it is also a weapon.
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I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes me feel sexier than any outfit.
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If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian.
