R. Madhavan Quotes

I am not chocolate and definitely not a boy. I am a man, and I have no clue how this image has stuck to me despite all these years. I think, maybe, in spite of trying to shell off my chocolate boy image, love stories excite me, and somehow I land up in such roles.

R. Madhavan

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• My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young to understand. I don't know what my parents were thinking - 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' when I was eight years old, that kind of thing. So lots of times, I didn't understand what was going on, but I just loved the sound of dialogue.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Thinking
  • Parents
  • Sound

• I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles.

  

  Francia Raisa
  • People
  • Life
  • Normal

• My whole reason for creating a network is literally to bring little pieces of light. It's to continue to spread little pieces of light in the world, to illuminate the possibility of the human spirit.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • World
  • Light
  • Spirit

• Stand-up comedy is an art form and it dies unless you expand it.

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Up
  • Art
  • You

• I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

  

  Sally Ride
  • People
  • Life
  • Why

• This is hip-hop. If you've got something you want to rap about, just rap about it, man.

  

  Yelawolf
  • Want
  • Man
  • Rap

• People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • People
  • Nice
  • Friendly

• No, I try not to be a negative thinker.

  

  Earl Butz
  • Try
  • Negative
  • Thinker

• I am all for controlling guns.

  

  Rainn Wilson
  • Guns
  • Controlling

• It's hard work to ensure that all schools are safe and welcoming places for all children. It means changing policies, practices and cultures; providing school support personnel; and funding programs like restorative justice - not simply resorting to excessive and often discriminatory discipline.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Work
  • Children
  • School

• The most luxurious possession, the richest treasure anybody has, is his personal dignity.

  

  Jackie Robinson
  • Personal
  • Dignity
  • Treasure

• Acting - you're taking someone else's visions and someone else's inspirations, and it's up to you to portray that to everyone watching the film.

  

  Cameron Dallas
  • Up
  • You
  • Acting

• I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • People
  • True
  • Inspired

• After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Up
  • Writing
  • Freedom

• I didn't go to classes. I just didn't feel like it.

  

  Bob Dylan

• If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.

  

  Matthew Desmond
  • Family
  • Community

• Living in literature and love is the best thing there is. You're always home.

  

  Eileen Myles
  • Home
  • Literature

• After World War II, there were a lot of pension funds in Europe that were fully funded, but they were pressured to hold a lot of government debt. There was a lot of inflation, and the value of all those assets fell. Those pension funds couldn't honor their promises to the people.

  

  Edward C. Prescott
  • People
  • World
  • War

• Stop the traffic...let 'em through.

  

  Louis Tomlinson One Direction
  • Stop
  • Traffic
  • Ems

• The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior.

  

  Marilyn Hacker
  • Writing
  • Interesting

• I don't think I tell stories of tragedy. I think I tell stories of love. Even though you're full of tears, I hope that you leave the theatre with your heart feeling like it's going to explode out of your chest. And yes, you've been through the tragedy, but it's ultimately hope that I think you're left with.

  

  Gayle Forman
  • Hope
  • Feeling
  • Like

• There are not that many roles in comedies that are completely driven by a young actress.

  

  Will Gluck
  • Comedy
  • Young
  • Roles

• In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

  

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Decay

• I am not chocolate and definitely not a boy. I am a man, and I have no clue how this image has stuck to me despite all these years. I think, maybe, in spite of trying to shell off my chocolate boy image, love stories excite me, and somehow I land up in such roles.

  

  R. Madhavan
  • Stories
  • Roles
  • Chocolate