Aravind Adiga Quotes
Mr Premier, Sir. Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
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They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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There is more to life than show business.
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I sometimes look around that studio in the middle of commercials and think, 'Really?'
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I miss my family and friends from Cali a lot. I also miss late-night business hours, hiking in the Sierra Nevada, and house boating in Gold Country. But in Ohio, housing is cheaper, everything is green year-round, and we get glorious thunderstorms. In California, I lived in a place that was infested with black widow spiders.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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We think of Washington as the defensive-minded pragmatist who won the Revolution by avoiding unnecessary risks on the battlefield. But that was not how he started out.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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The public has been told repeatedly that terrorism is 'evil,' which it undoubtedly is, and that 'evildoers' are responsible for it, which doubtless they are. But beyond these justifiable condemnations, there is a historical void.
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The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
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I really feel like I honed in on a sound and a style of writing that best fits me.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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Hospitality still survives among foreigners, although it is buried under false pride among the poorest Americans.
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The positive is I'm delighted at the way the Liberal Democrats as a party have supported me and the way in which the work I'm doing, through the Liberal Democrats, has abled to broaden some of the work I work on.
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I like costumes. I am always dressing up - I'm very English like that.
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I quite like American music, like The Fray - I'm a massive fan of them - and The Killers. I also like more acoustic stuff like Ed Sheeran; I like this English songwriter James Morrison and another singer called Ben Howard.
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When you first think of making a monster movie you have to realize that a lot of people may be down on you because there is a big prejudice against such films.
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Mr Premier, Sir. Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
