#rest

After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book. ↗

— Iris Chang

#afterwards #asked #because #book #emphasized

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#awaken #best #books #his #interest

Facebook is uniquely positioned to answer questions that people have, like, what sushi restaurants have my friends gone to in New York lately and liked? These are queries you could potentially do with Facebook that you couldn't do with anything else, we just have to do it. ↗

— Mark Zuckerberg

#anything #could #else #facebook #friends

And so it can be very much in the interest of bank A to sell-short bank B shares, or buy CDSes on bank B, because they have exposure to bank B. It's the responsible thing to do as a fiduciary, and yet if everyone does it at the same time, it's destabilizing because everyone is selling. ↗

— James Chanos

#because #buy #does #everyone #exposure

I grew up with a lot of Muslim friends, and the whole idea of revelation has been a lifelong interest of mine. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#friends #grew #i #idea #interest

I don't think a guy that really has no understanding about people, or has no interest in understanding people would make a good film composer. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

#composer #film #good #good film #guy

I have absolutely no interest in running for president again. None. None. I mean, I know that's hard for some people to believe, but, you know, I just don't. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#again #believe #hard #i #interest

We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#build #children #demonstrate #gm #go

You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes they would find a fugitive and basically have his house surrounded, and then put out a press release saying he was on the top 10 most wanted list. And 10 minutes later, he'd be arrested. ↗

— Howie Carr

#back #basically #edgar #fbi #find

I was interested in nuclei originally with my deuteron photo work because that was one of the fundamental forces, and the measurement was basic to new science. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#because #forces #fundamental #fundamental forces #i