Hari Kunzru Quotes
Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.
Quotes to Explore
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I like being my age. I kind of have a political thing about it.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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I get really excited about other female acts. I feel inspired when I see another women succeeding in music because it makes me realize that if they can do it, I can do it.
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I knew I wanted considerable education so that I wouldn't have to work as hard as my parents.
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If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.
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The main business of religions is to purify, control, and restrain that excessive and exclusive taste for well-being which men acquire in times of equality.
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I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
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Thanks to social media like Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads, I can easily reach out to so many people. Being a writer gives me the added bonus of a targeted audience: readers, who enjoy targeted 'prizes' for participation in fundraisers - books and other neat promo items.
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When governments and other vested interests attack me personally I usually regard it as a vindication, otherwise they would use facts. That's why I believe in the wonderful Claud Cockburn dictum, 'Never believe anything until it is officially denied.' It has certainly been my experience.
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I don't think of spiritual principle as a struggle. I think of life lived without spiritual principles as a struggle.
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Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops.
