Vikram Seth Quotes
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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In 1949 - my father stayed on in Shanghai after the war. But in 1949, the Communists took over the whole of China, and in fact, my father was caught by the Communists in Shanghai. And he was there for about a year until he was finally able to get out.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me.
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Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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If you are talking about terrorism, you need to sit down and understand what is making these people put dynamite around their waists and blow themselves up.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Comedians do movies and TV so that when they tour, they sell out. That's the goal: To get popular enough so the place is packed.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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I just love music - by no stretch of the imagination am I professionally competent.
