Gay Talese Thirteen years I took on this last book. – Gay Talese Book Quotes Thirteen Quotes With all of the qualities of the scene-setting, the dialogue, the place and time and the time and place in which your characters move. And I want to move with the characters, move with them and describe the world in which they are living.
Kathleen Troia McFarland There is a growing sense among Americans outside the Beltway that while President Obama may be a good talker, he is a lousy manager. – Kathleen Troia McFarland
Ben Elliot A lot of my work is about developing relationships with corporate partners such as Jaguar and Diageo. – Ben Elliot
Pete Doherty When I was 16, walking down Oxford Street, I saw Ian Brown. I said, ‘Are you Ian Brown?’ He said no and walked off, but I am sure it was him. – Pete Doherty
Chi Chi DeVayne One of the most famous poems I know by Maya Angelou is not ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,’ it’s the other one, ‘Still I Rise.’ – Chi Chi DeVayne
EducationEli Broad Frankly, I’m not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It’s not just that public schools aren’t producing the results we want – it’s that we’re not giving them what they need to help students achieve at high levels. K-12 education in the United States is deeply antiquated. – Eli Broad
Adam Gopnik There are as many attitudes to cooking as there are people cooking, of course, but I do think that cooking guys tend – I am a guilty party here – to take, or get, undue credit for domestic virtue, when in truth cooking is the most painless and, in its ways, ostentatious of the domestic chores. – Adam Gopnik
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