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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I wanted to make a very cohesive-sounding album. Anyone who has listened to me and brought me into their living rooms and their bedrooms - I am making this for them.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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Like other important immigrant communities, the Jewish experience in the United States represents the ideal of freedom and the promise and opportunity of America.
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Whatever you are giving your attention to, already has a vibration of its own, and as you give your attention to it, you include its vibration in your vibration...and then your point of attraction is affected.
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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?
