Amitav Ghosh Quotes
I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why this silence must win, must inevitably defeat me, because it is not a presence at all.
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When you grow up without it, you want to have it. It's funny, in America some people say, 'Why do you want to make money so much?' And I say, 'Well, I guess you didn't starve as a kid.'
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I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
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I always enjoyed acting. My aunt was actually an actress.
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The fact that two-thirds of Americans who work at small businesses will see premium increases because of the health law is devastating news. This is one more in a long line of broken promises from President Obama and Washington Democrats.
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I'm showing the younger generation your career doesn't have to be over when you're 16-years-old.
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When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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A lizard is a perfect pet for a model. They only need feeding once a fortnight. And I'm always travelling, so it's perfect. If I had a dog, it would drop dead of starvation.
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
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I am often amazed at how much more capability and enthusiasm for science there is among elementary school youngsters than among college students.
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These people are fascinated by me, but I haven't done anything.
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If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
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Starting on February 1, 2010, and running through until May 30, I will be Toronto Public Library's Writer in Residence, working out of the Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculation at the Lillian H. Smith branch at College and Spadina.
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I wanted to be a scientist. I did a thesis on lions. But I realised photography can show things writing can't. Lions were my professor of photography.
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I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
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I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
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He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.
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I use an electric wheelchair because I have no sense of balance, and muscle spasticity has arched my spine like a cat's, while my legs are really just for show.
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The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals.
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I didn't look at it as a transition so much, because I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies.
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Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue.
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Comprehension, inventiveness, direction, and criticism: intelligence is contained in these four words.
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School boards can be a steppingstone to higher forms of political leadership.
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I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why this silence must win, must inevitably defeat me, because it is not a presence at all.
