Vijay Sethupathi Quotes
We never take people seriously when they are alive, but once they are gone, we always think that we should have treated them better.
Quotes to Explore
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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I do not have bad days. I don't wake up in the morning and think that I'm going to get AIDS. I don't dream bad dreams about it. If I did, I'd be giving in to the negativity.
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Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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And they just saw me on that and - from the time I was 11 until I was 12, I guess. And then when I had just turned 13, they asked me if I wanted to tour with Johnny Cash back East.
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Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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"All right", said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone.
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I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand people read, or just privileged people read. I want to write a book whose emotional truth people can understand. For me, that's what it's about.
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Most of the people who call me a sellout were 7 when I was down face-first in the punk trenches.
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On one hand, I can say, you know, I had many family members - I had many people in my extended family who left right after Katrina, who relocated to different cities, right? Houston, Atlanta. Right? Most of them have come back.
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We never take people seriously when they are alive, but once they are gone, we always think that we should have treated them better.
