Anita Desai Quotes
People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
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Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I'm a self-taught guitarist, but I have a classical music background.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.
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It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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As far as the Russians were concerned, I felt the reverse; they had adequate gold, if they wanted to buy, and they weren't dependent upon international trade. I felt they were more self-sufficient.
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I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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I hate to say it, but there seems to have been some sort of dumbing down as far as movies go.
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.
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I can only speak for myself and my own music, because that is what I am most familiar with, and I write about things that I am living or experiencing.
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I don't need to be a frontman all the time, and in fact, the older I get, the less of an urge it is inside me to play that role. I've still got it inside me, and I do occasionally allow it out.
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Job-interviewing is just a skill. Like any skill, some people have more of a predisposition for it than others.
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Growing your own garden is way less expensive than going out shopping and eating.
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I go to the airport and I've had everything taken away from me because of the terrorists. People haven't realized yet, though, that we are at war.
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I think I have never yet done any work with the aim of symbolizing a particular idea, but the fact that a symbol is sometimes discovered or remarked upon is valuable for me because it makes it easier to accept the inexplicable nature of my hobbies, which constantly preoccupy me.
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People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.
