Evan Osnos Quotes
In 2007, as a condition for hosting the Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government removed restrictions barring Beijing-based journalists from leaving the capital without prior written permission.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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I hate celebrities.
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Just because you have a disagreement with your friends or family members does not mean there are not plenty of other areas on which you see eye to eye. It just means you have a difference of opinion.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'
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I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.
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At the beginning of the week, I roast a ton of vegetables so I can use them for the next few days. I also plan out meals in advance.
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We just want to see entertaining, exciting games, and we want the officials to do a good job.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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My goal is people associate November with COPD awareness month as much as they notice October with breast cancer and pink. That'd be a great thing if it happened. The fact that COPD kills more people than breast cancer and diabetes put together should raise some red flags.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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In the wake of the housing debacle in California, more people are buying less expensive homes, making bigger down payments, and staying away from 'creative' and risky financing. It is amazing how fast people learn when they are not insulated from the consequences of their decisions.
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I'd make a White Stripes record right now. I'd be in the White Stripes for the rest of my life. That band is the most challenging, important, fulfilling thing ever to happen to me. I wish it was still here. It's something I really, really miss.
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Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me. I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.
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Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty.
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How wrong people always were when they said: 'It's better to know the worst than go on not knowing either way.' No; they had it exactly the wrong way round. Tell me the truth, doctor, I'd sooner know. But only if the truth is what I want to hear.
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In 2007, as a condition for hosting the Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese government removed restrictions barring Beijing-based journalists from leaving the capital without prior written permission.
