Gary Shteyngart I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist. – Gary Shteyngart Contemplation Quotes Entertainment Quotes Exist Quotes Fiction Quotes Force Quotes Remain Quotes Vital Quotes I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death – it really lets them see mortality very clearly. I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn’t even have inhalers back in Russia.
Rory McIlroy I realise that every time my face is on TV or I’m playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well. – Rory McIlroy
Alexandra Elbakyan Elsevier operates by racket: if you do not send money, you will not read any papers. On my website, any person can read as many papers as they want for free, and sending donations is their free will. Why Elsevier cannot work like this, I wonder? – Alexandra Elbakyan
LaVar Ball I don’t want this to sound racist, but most Orientals are nonconfrontational. They’ll let things slide. I’m not like that. – LaVar Ball
EducationWilliam James The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one. – William James
John Carter Cash I don’t think anyone in the world could play my father, look just like him, act just like him, and make you believe he’s Johnny Cash. Joaquin Phoenix gets as close as anybody I think ever could. – John Carter Cash
John Daly You can be addicted to meat, as far as I’m concerned. Why else would I eat six cheeseburgers a day? – John Daly
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