V. S. Naipaul Quotes
There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
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Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
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I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.
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Writers are outsiders. Even when we seem like insiders, we're outsiders. We have to be. Our noses pressed to the glass, we notice everything. We mull and interpret. We store away clues, details that may be useful to us later.
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God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.
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He was a hateful terrorist who will be missed by all.
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If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident.
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There are two ways of talking. One is the easy way, where you talk lightly, and the other one is the considered way. The considered way is what I have put my name to.
