Hari Kunzru Quotes
There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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My dad was one of four children. His three siblings were female, and he loved and protected them.
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Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you're flying high at first, but it won't take long before you feel the impact.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.
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I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.
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I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.
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Everyone teases me in the family that I spend far too long chatting. So I think I've still got to learn a little bit more and to pick up a few more tips, I suppose.
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Fear is... a kind of unintentional storytelling that we are all born knowing how to do.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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I know it is the fans that are responsible for me being here. I've always tried in each and every broadcast to serve the fans to the best of my ability.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I really hate the term 'historical novel' - it reminds me of bodice-rippers. But I'm hooked on research, and I really, really enjoy it.
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When we say a show is successful, it's because, relative to the investment, it's successful, relative to how else we would have spent that money on licensing something else, does this creation - did it attract the audience that it was built for.
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My head's never really quiet. The only time I can get it to turn off is if I watch 'CSI' or 'Law & Order,' where I have to follow the crime. If I can't turn my head off during that, I know I've really got a problem.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I'm open to getting more equipment, but I really won't have time to look into that until after the tour.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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Eloquence is the art of saying as little as possible but making it sound as much as possible.
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Our Bollywood stars who talk of being part of 100 crore films, I think I belong to the 1,000 crore club.
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I think things can surprise you. I mean, I loved Instagram from the minute it started, but I think it surprised a lot of people how quickly it got huge.
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There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
