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 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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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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I'm a pretty emotional person.
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Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're bored with life.
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Koranic teaching still insists that the sun moves around the earth. How can we advance when they teach things like that?
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The hope of the world is still in dedicated minorities. The trail-blazers in human, scientific and religious freedom have always been in a minority.
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I realized that, all along, my theory was right: Make music that you want to hear, and instead of having fans that one day might criticize or abandon you, your fans aren't even fans. They're people with tastes similar to yours. They're friends you haven't met yet.
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A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.
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The fact of the matter is that the government is there to protect the people.
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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.
