Michael Ondaatje Quotes

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• The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of self-indulgence.

  

  Laura Marling
  • Life
  • World
  • Great

• I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • Real
  • Pretty
  • Food

• From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

  

  Padma Lakshmi
  • Children
  • Together
  • Food

• Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.

  

  Adam McKay
  • People
  • Age
  • Mom

• Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family.

  

  Kate Smith
  • People
  • Family
  • Friends

• I'm continuing to learn more about music - it's an ocean, and you can never really say that you know everything. I'm grateful that I'm still living and making music among the greats.

  

  A. R. Rahman
  • Music
  • Ocean
  • Grateful

• I know that I am an excellent live performer. I know that I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what it is I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade. They get a two-hour show, sometimes a three-hour show, for a decent price.

  

  Gallagher
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.

  

  Vince Gill
  • Music
  • Country
  • Remember

• He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

  

  P. G. Wodehouse
  • Like
  • White
  • Martini

• When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.

  

  Ted Turner
  • Up
  • Time
  • World

• Honestly, like, American football is not that big over in the U.K., so we hadn't really heard of Drew Brees before. I did know that he was, like, a massive football player. He's a massive star, so I was still a little bit anxious and nervous to meet him.

  

  Zayn Malik One Direction
  • American
  • Know
  • Football

• I enjoy stories about thin women - I read them frequently. I enjoy them; I root for those characters, but I always feel like there are enough of them out there and there are enough of them in the spotlight.

  

  Rainbow Rowell
  • Women
  • Always
  • Enjoy

• Mainly it's the parents who remember me. But the kids today, what they do is go and Google you. A lot of them turn up and they know everything about me. They say: 'You scored 346 goals' or 'You wore the No9 shirt for Liverpool.'

  

  Ian Rush
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Remember

• There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Great
  • Human
  • Say

• And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment.

  

  Randy Moss
  • Work
  • Player
  • End

• I want to do a show about a woman who's juggling a career with a relationship.

  

  Nancy Travis
  • Career
  • Want
  • Relationship

• I feel we're at risk that a whole generation of young Israelis, who went to the army, work hard, pay taxes, one day will look around and say, 'Hey, this country is going nowhere.'

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Work
  • Country
  • Day

• I love serving in the government. I love serving in the Senate.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Love
  • Government
  • Senate

• You bird-brained baby. I ain't called anybody baby since Birdman; unless you're a swallow.

  

  Eminem
  • Baby
  • Bird

• Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.

  

  Daniel Webster

• There's no connection between al-Qaeda and Iraq.

  

  George Clooney
  • Connections
  • Iraq
  • Als

• I think we are living in paradise with regards to the ways we can amuse ourselves, communicate. We have such a richness of possibilities.

  

  Ian Watson
  • Think
  • Living
  • Paradise

• It's time to review what damage the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission has done to our political system.

  

  Bob Beckel
  • Time
  • Done
  • Political

• Everyone has to scratch on walls somewhere or they go crazy

  

  Michael Ondaatje
  • Crazy
  • Everyone
  • Scratch