Kiran Desai Quotes
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Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma.
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You'll probably find most models are incredibly insecure about their bodies.
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I hate these platforms that are all over the place today; they are all about grabbing attention. They are suburban! I never do a platform. Well, I did, in the 1970s, but that was a bad experience.
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Connection between life and radioactive nuclei is straightforward. No life without tectonic activity, without volcanic activity. And we know very well that geothermal energy is mostly produced by decay of uranium, thorium, and potassium.
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As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining.
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'Love Tattoo' I recorded without a record company. I'd gotten turned down by the record companies – they said they didn't get me, which is fine, I suppose.
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Find something that makes you happy and go for it.
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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a longer time period. So lifespan extension in and of itself should not be the goal of medicine, nor should it be the goal of public health, nor should it be the goal of aging science.
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I like that the pitcher hits. I think that my feeling is that everybody should play a position. In order to hit, you have to play a position. That's just my view of it. I feel that's more baseball, and the games are managed different. I enjoy the National League, how it's played.
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The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.
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There has no doubt to be fundamental research in science, but applied research is equally important for new improvements and changes in our techniques.
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I did want to be Joni Mitchell for quite a long time.
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We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.
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Il y a maintenant en France dans chaque village un flambeau allumé, le maître d'école, et une bouche qui souffle dessus, le curé.
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We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.
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He who tells a lie, is not sensible how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.
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Why would I want to train at that bum gym? I train with my own people, I have since day one. That man needs to get his facts straight before I roll in there and buy that gym.
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I love that, for Kanye [West], there's no difference between the epic and the personal. That makes him sound like a really grandiose douche - which, I don't think anyone, himself included, could contest - but at the same time, it's really amazing. I love the scope of his perfectionism.
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You can't predict how much time you will get to embrace your opportunity. You have to go after it with everything you have in you, sacrifice and believe.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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Because I am fascinated by people and what makes them behave the way they do. I think it is one of the most fascinating things in the world.
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It ends up being a terrible movie if you try and please everyone.
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I feel as comfortable anywhere as I feel uncomfortable anywhere
