Elif Batuman Quotes
The one text that most changed my opinion on criticism was probably Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams,' which I read in college.
Elif Batuman
Quotes to Explore
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
Sallust
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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
Oscar Niemeyer
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What Alexander Graham Bell thought up occupied less space than a flower vase. Now it's so small that I have to search all my pockets to discover I've received a spam text.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Stanford's law school application wasn't the standard combination of college transcript, LSAT score, and essays. It required a personal sign-off from the dean of your college: You had to submit a form, completed by the dean, attesting that you weren't a loser.
J. D. Vance
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I had actually gone to a church-related college, but I went on a football scholarship, not because of any interest in the church.
R. C. Sproul
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I definitely had a hard time leaving for college because I'm not much of a risk-taker.
Rainbow Rowell
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I was very good until I left home to go to a little college in West Virginia, and then I started to break some rules.
Frances McDormand
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
Karen Salmansohn
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I see a future where states compete with one another to see which can be the most efficient, and where businesses seek out efficient states in which to locate so they can reap the economic and environmental benefits for their businesses and employees.
Bernie Sanders
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Every battalion has its marching songs.
Patrick MacGill
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When we live life centered around what others like, feel, and say, we lose touch with our own identity. I am an eternal being, created by God. I am an individual with purpose. It's not what I get from life, but who I am, that makes the difference.
Neva Coyle
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The one text that most changed my opinion on criticism was probably Freud's 'Interpretation of Dreams,' which I read in college.
Elif Batuman