Evan Osnos Quotes
If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.
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Being a writer - even a best-selling one - is usually not anywhere near as public as being a movie star, at least not when I'm out in 'real life' like this. Not that I don't use what fame I have, every chance I get, to help sell more books.
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There is something so fun about scaring yourself.
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When I don't have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. I'll do something else.
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Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.
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We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.
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The movies I make - the goal isn't a mass audience. They're not expensive films. So the attempt is to reach a much more limited audience - one would say an audience that enjoys films that challenge them emotionally and intellectually.
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I'd find Moyo's views cruel and mistaken even she did not get the scholarships that have been reported.
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There's no other art form in the world that affects me more.
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Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.
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Anything which is a huge problem for humanity we'll sign up for, if we can find a way to fix it.
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It's a marvelous feeling when someone says 'I want to do this song of yours' because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.
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All my stuff is men's fashion. It's always oversized shirts, boyfriend blazers and trousers.
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We talk about players of yesteryear, guys who could play or couldn't play, and I think it's ridiculous to try to even compare people... The things that you can do in basketball today that you couldn't even do then... you can carry the ball; you walk all over the place.
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There's a way of dealing with hardships that are healthier than going out. That's what I've learned.
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I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me.
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Because I felt so different myself. As if I were charged with cool electricity that washed me down inside and out and at the same time scared me and relieved me. That’s fancy as hell, isn’t it? But it’s fancy because it’s so and not because I want to dress it up for you.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!
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If the economy can only provide a diminishing political dividend, Chinese leaders will encourage their people to feel pride and vigor in other ways.
