Yann Martel Quotes
I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
Quotes to Explore
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
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I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.
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I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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Let's practice motivation and love, not discrimination and hate.
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If love is the treasure, laughter is the key.
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Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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The process of making a movie is what I love. I thrive on that. It's an exciting miracle, a mad adventure. I love being part of it.
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I have faith in my imperfections!
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Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
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I love the energy over here in the U.K., the hospitality is insane.
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I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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I have a huge Lego collection - I have a really big Lego collection. We're talking pretty darn large. I also have a huge collection of original stainless steel Thomas the Tank Engine train toys. Beautiful little trains; they're my favorite thing in the world.
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The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.
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The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
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Fashion rests upon folly. Art rests upon law. Fashion is ephemeral. Art is eternal. Indeed what is a fashion really? A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so absolutely unbearable that we have to alter it every six months! It is quite clear that were it beautiful and rational we would not alter anything that combined those two rare qualities. And wherever dress has been so, it has remained unchanged in law and principle for many hundred years.
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Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.
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Eighty per cent of my time is spent on paperwork, hiring musicians, putting bands together, setting up concerts, and 20 per cent is spent on the music. That's the part that you really enjoy, but you can't afford to spend 80 per cent on your music; otherwise, it's not going to happen.
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She would gladly have been more to him than she could be - because she felt (she did not deny it to herself) that she would sooner have been his wife than Leonard's. But why, because they could not be all to one another, must they be as nothing?
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'Satan is a tool of God's love in the sense that he forces us to see God's loving patience.' - Answers to 200 of Life's most Probing Questions
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
