Michael Ondaatje Quotes

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human.

Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje

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I think people can tell when you're pandering to them, and they feel insulted. I think that one thing that is really nice about the work that I do is that I can just sort of make mistakes or try out different ideas or be inconsistent and be vulnerable.

Tavi Gevinson
- People
- Work
- Different
With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.

Olivier Theyskens
- Thinking
- Question
- Design
I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.

Edmund Hillary
Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?

Basil Bunting
- Up
- Age
- Moment
The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.

Nathan Myhrvold
- Time
- Powerful
- Computers
But we cannot rely on memorials and museums alone. We can tell ourselves we will never forget and we likely won't. But we need to make sure that we teach history to those who never had the opportunity to remember in the first place.

Dan Rather