Hanya Yanagihara Quotes
I think that all research scientists think of themselves as belonging to a grand tradition, building on work that has been worked on since the very beginning of science itself. Whereas I'm not sure writers think of themselves in the same way.Hanya Yanagihara
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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.
La India -
I wish somebody had given me the news that ideas don't just fall on your head like fairy dust. You have to treat that like a job. You have to spend hours each day, where you're just like, 'This is the part of the day when I'm looking for an idea.'
Ira Glass -
I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
Feist -
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
Naveen Jain -
The pace of television is very different from film.
Octavia Spencer -
Obviously, it gave me a chance to see Barcelona. I won't deny that. But I also had a chance to see something in another country in terms of recycling and reusing nuclear material.
Ed Pastor
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
Rainbow Rowell -
Chipotles, which are dried jalapeno peppers, give out a terrific smoky flavour - they're warm, earthy and usually not too spicy.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
Victoria Pendleton -
I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
B. B. King -
The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
Utada Hikaru -
We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
Isaac Hanson Hanson
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
Zoe Saldana -
You can't live your life through your children.
Carl Lewis -
By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
Larry Kramer -
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
Ovid -
If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
Oscar Robertson -
When the art world is done wrong, a reader's faith is lost and possibly not recuperable.
Rachel Kushner
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I'm a pessimist about probabilities, I'm an optimist about possibilities.
Lewis Mumford -
I get mail from people all over the world now from people who tell me that they didn't really understand Down syndrome, but because of me they have read about it and studied it and now they know a lot more about it.
Lauren Potter -
Ever since I was growing up, I knew I was going to play in the NFL. I never thought anything else.
Austin Seferian-Jenkins -
I'd always been a very focused dancer and very protected.
Mayte Garcia -
I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.
Dan Brown -
I think that all research scientists think of themselves as belonging to a grand tradition, building on work that has been worked on since the very beginning of science itself. Whereas I'm not sure writers think of themselves in the same way.
Hanya Yanagihara