E. M. Forster Quotes
But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.
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We've come a long way since Nixon's first visit to China, or Carter's reestablishment of diplomatic relations.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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When civilization takes a nose dive, how can you look away? You've got to be there. You've got to be at the bottom of the swimming pool taking notes.
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One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
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I don't like possessions.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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The Schindler Jews were off-limits in Brunnlitz.
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Thus, the poet's word is beginning to strike forcefully upon the hearts of all men, while absolute men of letters think that they alone live in the real world.
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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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We felt like, first and foremost, we were songwriters.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.
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My great inspiration has always been Studs Terkel, who is a wonderful American oral historian. He was a radio DJ at first, interviewed a lot of jazz musicians, and at some point started to interview Americans about work.
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I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and when Oliver plays with other sax players, it's like a dialogue.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.
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Before I had Toma, I was one of those people who had no interest in other people's kids. I was. 'Don't hand me that baby!'
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You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.
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The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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When push comes to shove, my children always come first, and I am lucky that I work in an environment that respects that.
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We were never meant to be the world's greatest debtor nation. We were never meant to have our ancestors' patrimony sold to the highest foreign bidder.
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But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.
