Bharati Mukherjee Quotes
I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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At least for me, any time I've been in hotbeds of creativity, I got excited about something that wasn't coming from me.
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One of the first major storylines that 'All My Children' featured was Erica Kane, a rebellious daughter, and her mother, sort of a matriarchal type, who was trying to guide her daughter to a safer place.
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I enjoy speaking to other women about turning 50, and how we can enjoy it, and how we can explore it.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
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Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ever seen.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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I try to do things I love or care about for some reason.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
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I would hate to be 65 and think, 'What if I had tried to be an actor?'
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In the bubble that was dot-com 1.0 emerged Google, Amazon, and some of the most valuable companies on the planet. They were successful because they focused on their customer; they focused on revolutionary products.
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As far as trying to analyze all the attention I received, I will leave that to others.
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Imagination is the source of all human achievement.
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I don't cook - I can cook - but I'm not very good. I like being asked over for dinner, because she can't cook either. We would starve if it weren't for modern technology. I know how to work a microwave, but love home cooked meals.
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I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong.
