Yann Martel Quotes
I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.

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It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.'
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Anya Hindmarch is indeed a handbag designer; she has the requisite fabulous life, tasteful home, and loving husband. She is also beautiful and self-deprecating, and has five children aged 5 to 20 and a philanthropic bent which spans causes from cancer care to Britain's Conservative Party.
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In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
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Surreal can be exciting and good, and it can be like living inside an alien landscape, and it can be completely interesting, or you can be alienated from your own life - inside your own life, it doesn't feel familiar any more.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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I'm the type of person who likes to enjoy everything that I do, take advantage of every opportunity in life.
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I've received many good pieces of advice throughout my life.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles.
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I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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I've been a massive obsessive about jazz singers all my life.
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He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums because I can't stand it. It's just stereo. When I write, I write in surround. My life is in surround.
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I've had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel period. So once you've really Joeled it up - there's some good periods of Joel; it's not all hot cheese. But I can't judge anyone else for their cheese. I've deep-sea dived in the Gouda.
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I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
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At this point the question of Ukraine is the most important. The situation in Ukraine is very bad. If we don't take steps now to improve the situation, we may lose Ukraine. The objective should be to transform Ukraine , in the shortest period of time, into a real fortress of the U.S.S.R.
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One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
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I have never seen Francis Crick in a modest mood. Perhaps in other company he is that way, but I have never had reason so to judge him.
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Socially smart people have always mocked the threateningly mobile, and anti-branding is a central strand of high-end status conflict now.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.
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I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.