"My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures."

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Meghan O'Rourke

#Understanding Quotes #Culture Quotes #Taught Quotes

“I'm admitting that I don't know that to be true, but it does sound pretty good. So a big part of my childhood was affecting black culture and black accents and black music and anything black I was into.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“We're not all perfect. People always say to me: "Oh you seem happy all the time." But I'm not happy all the time. I'm a human being. I'm very sensitive. I hurt like anybody else. But I do try my best to have a good attitude and I set about tryin' to take care of myself knowing I'm not going to be exactly right, so I just try to see what I can do to improve every single day.”
“You were joking about the whole please and thank you thing, right?" "Meant every word." A little light danced in his eyes and he very deliberately said, "Baby." No. He laughed. "You should see your face right now." "Don't call me that." "Would you prefer 'darling'? Or maybe 'cupcake'?" He winked.”
“For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo music.'”
“Teens today rule the world. The whole culture - movies, music - is pointed at young people. They have so 'much' power.”
“There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.”
“The loss of a job may be the wake up-call needed to redeem the fire of your genius.”
“About 75% of the price of gas is really dictated by crude oil. At the heart of the issue is increasing demand over a period of many years around the world. World crude oil consumption now is close to 90 million barrels a day. Most of the growth in demand is coming from China and the developing world.”

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