Vir Das Quotes
Class I to XII wasn't much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics with theatre or psychology with science fiction, I got a whole new world view.
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Beware of addictive medicines. Everything in moderation. This applies particularly to the Internet and your sofa. The physical world is ultimately the source of all inspiration. Which is to say, if all else fails: take a bike ride.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
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Ever since I was really little, I loved performing and being up on stage, and being the entertainment.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I manage my business; politicians are doing their business. I can only work within their rules and regulations. I can't pick up a political fight.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I never identified with anybody. I have always been very sensitive about my color, because everybody called me 'yellow gal.' I was caught in between both sides - nobody wanted me. I love that my audience is there, but I always feel as though I have to fend for myself.
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Horrors, I believe, should be original - the use of common myths and legends being a weakening influence.
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A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people.
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It's not going to help the country to be subsidizing uneconomical forms of energy - whether you call them 'green,' 'renewable' or whatever. In that case, the cure is worse than the disease.
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Writing on your own is, in a way, a very lonely profession. There's no one there to help you.
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You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.
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It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without.
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Class I to XII wasn't much help; I was always a mediocre student. But when I pursued higher education and studied economics with theatre or psychology with science fiction, I got a whole new world view.
