V. S. Naipaul Quotes
The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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Over the years, I have been asked to play these sort of scary frenetic characters that express their emotions physically.
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I loved teaching social studies. And I loved starting each year by teaching about John Locke and the social contract. That lesson helped me teach not just about our rules for the classroom, but how, in our democracy, we give up some individual rights to ensure we collectively have the right to live and prosper in a society.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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Human beings are natural mimickers. The more you're conscious of the other side's posture, mannerisms, and word choices - and the more you subtly reflect those back - the more accurate you'll be at taking their perspective.
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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things.
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In practice we, in the world, must do business with each other.
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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.
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What affects one in a major way, affects all in a minor way.
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I think that I had read so much fiction that the craft itself sort of sank into me. I didn't read any 'how to' books or attend any popular-fiction-writing classes or have a critique group. For many years into my writing, I didn't even know another author. For me, a lot of reading was the best teacher.
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The melancholy thing about the world is that it is full of stupid people; and the world is run for the benefit of the stupid and common.
