V. S. Naipaul Quotes
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Awards don't really mean much.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
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I kind of crave loneliness.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'
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I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.
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If you go through life, and you don't find the beauty in an unexpected place, then you really have a sad existence.
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Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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My hope is that I can continue writing and, in the future, I can just be Maya Soetoro-Ng.
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If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write.
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If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
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I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.
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I like simple makeup, but a bit dirty-looking around the eyes - I love a smoky look.
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The world outside existed in a kind of darkness; and we inquired about nothing.
