Kiran Desai Quotes
In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.
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Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.
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The Florida Jewish community is incredibly important in the primary and will be that important in the general election as well.
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The work that we do during the winter is very important; we have a new bike and it's important to develop it during this time, and we start with this test.
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I never let anything stop me from doing what I want to do.
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Once you become poor, tired and time-constrained, you become a much better human being.
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The most important of all rights is the right to life, and I cannot foresee a day when domesticated animals will be granted that right in law.
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We want to be on the edge of technology all of the time. We think long-term.
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When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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Down time is not the name of the game.
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A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.
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I've just never been a person that was political or religiously savvy. Except for the fact that I was born Jewish. That gives me 10 circumcision jokes.
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I went through a little hippy dippy program at Brandeis and was bat mizvahed by the rabbi who married my parents. We celebrated the High Holidays and had the traditional Rosh Hashanah dinner.
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In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.
