Vikram Seth Quotes
I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.Vikram Seth
Quotes to Explore
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
Karl Lagerfeld -
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
Florence King -
In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
Nadia Comaneci -
I dislike society because conversation exhausts my brain more than silent thought - again, I cannot hold my water long enough for a prolonged conversation.
W. H. Davies -
For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
Manuel Puig -
I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.
Jack Horner
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
Nat Wolff -
For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
Gabrielle Zevin -
I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.
Karl Lagerfeld -
I like not to feel that all my eggs are in one basket, or I get nervous.
Paloma Faith -
As a kid at school, I had a lot of really good teachers and I had a lot of really bad teachers, and I just know how much of an impact those can have on a young child. To be one of the good teachers - I want to have that kind of impact.
Rachel Hurd-Wood -
I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
Laura Marling
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The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
H. G. Wells -
I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
A.J. Styles -
I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
T. J. Miller -
All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
Aaliyah -
Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
Olivia Munn -
The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness.
Nassau William Senior
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Once I was gone for a month and I was just miserable, so I flew back from Florida for two hours just to be home and see my cats.
Paula Poundstone -
Each of his phrases was rather like a little ancient island, inundated by a miniature sea of whiskey.
J. D. Salinger -
To My Friend John Sylvester, Just a few words reminding you that I have not forgotten my sick little pal. Sorry I couldn’t get out to see you but here’s hoping this little message of cheer finds you well on the road to recovery. I will try to knock you another homer maybe two today. Best regards from your friend and rooter, 'Babe' Ruth.
Babe Ruth -
And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.
Victor Garber -
He is no longer a city dweller who has even once in his life caught a ruff or seen how, on clear and cool autumn days, flocks of migrating thrushes drift over a village. Until his death he will be drawn to freedom.
Anton Chekhov -
I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.
Vikram Seth