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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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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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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The retired L.A.P.D. motor cops who work set security now, all wear the same uniform, they're great guys with great stories, and they're great at their job, providing security on sets.
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I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life, and I can't say that the Chineseness in me is not there.
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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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I think it's a great shame that America stopped being a republic and became an empire.
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Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.
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I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around.
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What a childhood I had - I was ten years old when I found out Alpo was dog food.
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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.
