Evan Osnos Quotes

Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.

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• I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.

  

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• People who are fit are the same as anyone else. The only difference is their level of commitment. If looking good and being fit was easy, everyone would do it! Most people don't want to put in the work or make the sacrifices needed in order to be fit.

  

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• We watch our sons go to war, disagree with the rationale for sending them, loathe the men who ordered them to battle, and then, when the veterans come home, beg and plead with the local V.A. to ensure they have access to proper care.

  

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• I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.

  

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• Acting is a life experience. I'm always learning things when I'm making a movie. So the fame part of it is fine when you consider what you get out of this job.

  

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• Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

  

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• My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.

  

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• I always played sports when I was young. I played football and baseball for eight years. I loved football.

  

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• You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.

  

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• Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

  

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• So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

  

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• My mother played the piano and my father the violin, I can remember my dad teaching me how to waltz; I had my feet on his, my mother playing the piano, and my husband will tell you the lessons weren't very successful.

  

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• I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

  

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• I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.

  

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• The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

  

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• High-quality public education - combined with other appropriate support, as needed - is the best way to achieve the Oregon Business Plan's goal of reducing the number of people living in poverty.

  

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• Dan Brown is a character from 'Foucault's Pendulum!' I invented him. He shares my characters' fascinations - the world conspiracy of Rosicrucians, Masons, and Jesuits. The role of the Knights Templar. The hermetic secret. The principle that everything is connected. I suspect Dan Brown might not even exist.

  

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• MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.

  

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• Truth makes love possible; love makes truth bearable.

  

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• I loved the guitar, and I had all of this music in my head. My passion for the guitar and the ideas for what I could create musically were equal. So that's where I was.

  

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• I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost anesthesia, where you have to trust other people. Just the paranoia of it all. And it seemed to suit the frenetic track. So I just wrote it out and, you know, said it.

  

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• I get very, very anxious on the set. I have a thousand ideas and I don't censor myself. I wind up cutting some of them out in the editing room... I shoot needless footage and then don't use later on in the process.

  

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• Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.

  

  Evan Osnos
  • Ideas
  • Idiosyncrasies
  • Confucianism