Bapsi Sidhwa Quotes
They gleam, reflecting rainbow hues—insinuating questions ... What is eternity? Why are the stars? Where do cats lay their eggs? And why don’t hospitals have flushing bedpans built into the beds?
Quotes to Explore
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.
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Then during the mission itself, I used the space shuttle's robot arm to release a satellite into orbit.
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I'm terrible remembering lyrics. Before a tour, I have to remind myself. I have to go through the songs.
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do.
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I was quietly rebellious. My parents thought I was very good but secretly I did things like saying I was staying in one place and going somewhere else instead. My older sister was openly rebellious and would tell my parents where to go, but I never did that.
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I loved my parents... but that can never change the fact that my father's violence ruined my childhood.
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The uncommon man has done the impossible and there has been that much more light in the world because of it. Children respond to heroes by thinking creatively and sometimes in breaking beyond the bounds of the impossible in their turn, and so becoming heroes themselves.
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Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.
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You have to face fears head on.
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I was lucky to get the kinds of parts I wanted. I always said I didn't want to do anything my kids can't see.
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The way to do it is to put as much life into the song as I can. You can either get it to breathe or you can't.
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The funny thing is, all my friends are short. I wasn't aware of tall people till I got to high school. I didn't know they existed. I was sheltered.
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In the writing process, the more a story cooks, the better.
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As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
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I've lost bags all over the world and had cases end up in London, Frankfurt, Los Angeles and Miami.
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Without language we would have no reason, without reason no religion, and without these three essential aspects of our nature, neither mind nor bond of society.
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Thought nourishes, sustains and gives continuity to fear and pleasure.
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I've been in this business for years and I'm still befuddled by the ways of this town.
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What is held by the whole Church, and that not as instituted by Councils, but as a matter of invariable custom, is rightly held to have been handed down by authority.
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I don't really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.
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Somebody once said that the Irish derived the greatest benefit from the English language. They court it like a beautiful woman. They make it bray with donkey laughter, they fling it at the sky like paint pots full of rainbow colors.
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They gleam, reflecting rainbow hues—insinuating questions ... What is eternity? Why are the stars? Where do cats lay their eggs? And why don’t hospitals have flushing bedpans built into the beds?
