Elif Batuman Quotes
I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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God gets you to the plate, but once your there your on your own.
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When we were younger, we sang at the dinner table. We started doing two part harmony, then three part, and then we added back up tapes and instruments.
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I went through a training camp; I worked extremely hard. I prepared for UFC 200. This was the big one. This one meant everything to me.
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If you are unhealthy, start by making small changes to become healthier. You are unique, beautiful, and worthy.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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When I was in school, you could pick any instrument you want, and they'd teach you how to play it. That changed my life. I loved playing music in school, and it sent me on my path as a musician.
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What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did.
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I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.
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It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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If there's one thing that 2009 showed us, it's that everything is happening everywhere, across multiple platforms, each one making waves that end up crashing against each other and commingling into one giant media sea.
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My idea of an actor is to be different persons with different roles. Every time a script interests me, I look for interesting characters because I intend to completely transport myself into it. This happens only because I am a very greedy actor. I am not part of the rat race because I am living a dream.
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It's always nice to have more than just two hands if you're making cakes.
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Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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New York City is crazy and beautiful and really close to my heart, and I've always had dear friends here - family, actually, I would say.
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If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.
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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
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Can you imagine, in 2030, taking a space cruise on the very ship that carried the first human beings to Mars? I can't believe that people wouldn't line up for that possibility.
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I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.
