Amitava Kumar Quotes
Neither the writer nor the reader can save the world by themselves. Or escape it entirely.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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I moved on from dice baseball to 'MLB: The Show' on PlayStation.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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There's a consequence for everything, and that goes back to the Bible for me.
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I've been through a lot. I've thought a lot about life, and I've spent a lot of time studying history and science.
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The vast Pacific Ocean has ample space for China and the United States. We welcome a constructive role by the United States in promoting peace, stability and prosperity in the region. We also hope that the United States will fully respect and accommodate the major interests and legitimate concerns of Asia-Pacific countries.
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I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
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I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.
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Blaming mother is just a negative way of clinging to her still.
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Well, with a subject like this, I'm afraid I'll have to reply. Apologies to minix-users who have heard enough about linux anyway. I'd like to be able to just 'ignore the bait', but … time for some serious flamefesting!
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I come up with a lot of ideas, and I want to start them all.
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Japanese maps tend to come in two varieties: small, schematic, and bewildering; and large, fantastically detailed, and bewildering.
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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One of the good things about losing your feet is I can wear all the pointy shoes I want, and it doesn't hurt anymore. I can wear shoes just for fashion now.
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You have to discipline your children, or they won't respect you, law enforcement or God or anyone else.
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Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience. People still need longer stuff, but they see the headline on Twitter or Facebook.
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Neither the writer nor the reader can save the world by themselves. Or escape it entirely.
