Elif Batuman Quotes
The Himalayan glaciers, China's trade surplus, Olympic ice hockey - the world is full of pressing subjects that people never consult me about.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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What makes me happy is having a really nice day out with my mum, or getting better at something I've been working hard at.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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Give news a little more time, and don't request that they also, in their news time, entertain. We're not entertainers. We're journalists. And we need more time to do our job well.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.
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Both sides should demand a speedy trial.
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I treat everybody equal, and so I want to be sure that my listeners and my followers do the same if they're gonna represent me. And if I'm gonna represent them, then I also want to do it in a good way.
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For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe.
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I've started to fall for New Orleans recently. There's real life there, if you know what I mean.
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If I play a villain, I try to find his lightness and his good side. And if I play a hero or a good guy, I'll try to find his darkness or his flaws. Because I don't believe in good and evil. I believe in grays.
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The Himalayan glaciers, China's trade surplus, Olympic ice hockey - the world is full of pressing subjects that people never consult me about.
