Tea Obreht Quotes
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Every loan that we did in the City of Detroit in the 10 years they studied - between 2005 and 2014 - were conventional FHA, VA loans with average interest rates of 6%.
Dan Gilbert
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We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.
Zhuangzi
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
Pablo Picasso
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I wasn't thinking of a sequel when I finished 'Life Class.' What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had a lot of life left in them, a lot of unresolved conflicts, and also I became interested in the Tonks pastel portraits of facially disfigured soldiers and in the whole area of facial reconstruction.
Pat Barker
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I think, when I was younger, I believed in - and yearned for - conventional beauty. I thought there was a spectrum from ugly to beautiful, and that you could objectively plot everyone you saw along it.
Rainbow Rowell
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Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.
Malcolm Bradbury
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Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.
Harold Evans
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I had no idea who I was when I started. I was frightened to death and had no natural performing skills.
Garry Shandling
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When my job was attempting to predict future economic developments for the Shell oil company, I was frequently reminded of an Arabic saying: 'Those who claim to foresee the future are lying, even if by chance they are later proved right.'
Vince Cable
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But an innovation, to grow organically from within, has to be based on an intact tradition, so our idea is to bring together musicians who represent all these traditions, in workshops, festivals, and concerts, to see how we can connect with each other in music.
Yo-Yo Ma
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I went up to the top of the career ladder and I came down again, I am past all that.
Iain Duncan Smith
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The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.
Walter Wriston
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The bright, frosty day declined as they walked and spoke together. The sun dipped in the river far behind them, and the old city lay red before them, as their walk drew to a close. The moaning water cast its seaweed duskily at their feet, when they turned to leave its margin; and the rooks hovered above them with hoarse cries, darker splashes in the darkening air.
Charles Dickens
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I had already played a lead on Broadway before I ever did a film. I had had three, four seasons of stock with good, fat parts, good supporting and leading parts. And I had done, oh, God, over 400 live TV shows.
Jack Lemmon
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I have a younger brother and sister who actually play in my band, and we were always into Disney music, big time. The first time I heard myself sing was when I recorded myself singing a Disney song. I remember it because it was awful, and I didn't expect to hear that. I think it was 'A Whole New World' from 'Aladdin.'
Laura Mvula
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Detroit is saying that the hydrogen vehicle is the vehicle of the future. But it's 15 years from now.
Ed Markey
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I understand my name is being mentioned in connection with job openings in the National Football League, but I want to re-iterate my commitment to the University of Louisville, our players and all of our Cardinal fans. The University of Louisville has been great for me, and family and I'm committed to fulfilling our goal of taking the program to the next level.
Bobby Petrino
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My grandfather and I were very close.
Tea Obreht
