Upamanyu Chatterjee Quotes
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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It's like I understand images and some people understand poetry.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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If an ordinary person parks outside another ordinary person's house for a week, it's considered stalking. If, however, that person is considered newsworthy, it's perfectly legal for paparazzi to do the same thing.
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Interviews make me so nervous - I can't get a sentence out of my mouth.
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The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.
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But if we had to trade with a Europe dominated by the present German trade policies, we might have to change our methods to some totalitarian form. This is a prospect that any lover of democracy must view with consternation.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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It's possible that you have been told a time or 10 that you don't appreciate how tough your elders had it. It's true that, if you had been coming of age back in, say, 1960, you would probably be feeling more restricted, if only because you were doomed to spend your days in a skirt, nylon stockings and girdle.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
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I accept challenges, I have always done that in writing.
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Thank God, I have sort of a pan-European accent rather than Russian, which doesn't sound very pleasantly to Americans. For them, we speak with a rather rude pitch, and that might be our actors' problem there. Now I've begun working with language coaches in Los Angeles to get rid of the accent completely.
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The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist.
