Academic Decathlon Quotes

#1. She was both more assured and quieter, deeper. It was as if the distance she had traveled had ironed out some of her foolish impulsiveness, her flippancy.

Amanda Coplin

#2. The larger truth, the universal truth that you can give in a novel, is far greater than what you can give through journalism.

Oriana Fallaci

#3. I have gone to great lengths, and in some cases beyond what is required by the reporting guidelines to ensure all of my filings are beyond reproach, by hiring an independent third-party accounting firm to review and audit all of my previous annual financial disclosures.

Bob Corker

#4. I find it difficult [to believe] that ... Christians accuse [Black Muslims] of teaching racial supremacy or ... hatred, because their own history and ... teachings are filled with it.

Malcolm X

#5. I am hoping to work with writers publishing books for first time, since I of course remember what that experience is like. It's all a bit of a mystery for new authors who don't know what to expect.

Rebecca Stead

#6. Another trick - calculated to lure a different, more sophisticated customer - was to bury a piece in the back of the store, reverse the vacuum cleaner over it (instant antiquity!) and allow the nosy customer to ferret it out on his or her own - look,

Donna Tartt

#7. But because human being tend to focus on short-term benefits and our own immediate needs, such tragedies of the commons occur frequently .

Dan Ariely

#8. All I Need are Shoes, Booze and Bad boys with Tattoos.

Christine Zolendz

#9. The degree and kind of a man's sexuality reach up into the ultimate pinnacle of his spirit.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#10. The iron from that meteorite and the iron from your blood have common origin in the core of a star.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#11. Juliette, please, tell me what I'm supposed to do. How am I supposed to feel? It's one shitty thing right after another and I'm trying to be okay
God, I'm trying so hard but it's really freaking difficult and I miss
I miss you, I miss you so much it's killing me.

Tahereh Mafi