Upamanyu Chatterjee Quotes
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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I'm a good Catholic boy.
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I love shopping, but I can't go out. I love going to restaurants and eating out with friends.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I tell you, 'Firefly'? Best job I ever had. Heartbroken when it was canceled, but had it not been canceled, I never would have gotten 'Serenity'. I think 'Serenity' is the most incredible thing I've ever been able to actually get my hands on and do. I can't even tell you how much love I have for that project.
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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I was always taken in and out of school.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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As an illustrator you need to understand the human body - but having looked at and understood nature, you must develop an ability to look away and capture the balance between what you've seen and what you imagine.
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Sometimes you design a shoe, and you think this one is a winner, but you never know when something will be such a crazy phenomenon.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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I remember thinking, in Kansas my name will be Evett - which is my middle name. I didn't want to explain to anyone how to say Em-a-yat-zee.
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The difference between tragedy and comedy: Tragedy is something awful happening to somebody else, while comedy is something awful happening to somebody else.
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Laurence Olivier said in an interview once that when he plays a tragedy he always aims for the funny parts, and the other way around. Because in a comedy you look for what's serious. I think that's true. Sometimes things are really funny if you're absolutely earnest. If you're really serious, it's hilarious.
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I enjoy doing everything, comedy and drama. I just look for the characters really and what they offer.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
