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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It was very important to me to be with a woman who is better than me at some things. You want someone who brings new, interesting things into your life.
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People sometimes ask if I want to be a solo artist, but it just wouldn't be any fun being on your own.
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Under no circumstances trust a lean cook.
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If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.
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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.
