Brian Lara Quotes
The fact that a lot of former great players have taken time out to give me a call over the last couple of weeks, to instill some interest in me, in revisiting my position as a member of the West Indies team was in itself a very humbling experience.
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I'm going to get hated for saying this, but honestly, fantasy is easy to write because you can do anything. It's like when Raymond Chandler brings in a bloke with a gun when he's stuck - in fantasy, up pops a wizard, and off we go.
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Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.
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I had a career that was very short, but it had a lot of thrills.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
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I felt like the country lays out like a pretty beautiful story itself, heading from the East Coast to West.
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
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Each new generation needs to commit again to the foundations of our peaceful coexistence.
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In Latin America, people want you to write beautiful melodies and words. But there are also songs that do well because they show the reality of life.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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'Taken' is a really difficult project because it was a big surprise for everybody.
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The way governments treat their own citizens matters; it matters because it can have a direct impact on international peace and security - and on our respective national security interests.
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Yeah, I can understand that. All the splendor of the Taj Mahal, without the inconvenience and expense of traveling to India.
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All children are born Atheists; they have no idea of God.
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The Destiny of EarthseedIs to take root among the stars.
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I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.
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I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.
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No 27-year-old has the experience to run a company that does a quarter of a billion dollars a year in sales.
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No doubt, some people are quantitatively less busy than others and some much more so, but that doesn't change the shared experience: most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.
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My father, I think he played percussion in high school. My mother played piano when she was very young, but only for a brief while. I don't think she had a great teacher. In any case, neither of them were really into music at a young age.
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The fact that a lot of former great players have taken time out to give me a call over the last couple of weeks, to instill some interest in me, in revisiting my position as a member of the West Indies team was in itself a very humbling experience.
