Yann Martel Quotes
Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.Yann Martel
Quotes to Explore
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.
Otto von Bismarck -
The soul is part of the body. The mind is part of the body. When folks do physical violence to black people, to black bodies in this country, the soul as we construe it is damaged, too - the mind is damaged, too.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
Orison Swett Marden -
The thing about the performance part... starting with improv and standup, you're starting with yourself as the character, and I don't feel as much like, 'Oh, I'm a vessel for -' I feel like someone who calls themselves an actor is a vessel.
Ilana Glazer -
I've been things and seen places.
Mae West -
I have the necessary lack of tact.
Ted Koppel
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn -
I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
Rachel McAdams -
It was a mistake. On the information we had, we shouldn't have prosecuted the war. We shouldn't have changed our argument from international law to regime change in a non-transparent way. It was an error for which we as a country paid a heavy price, and for which many people paid with their lives.
Ed Balls -
The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
Adam McKay -
It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
Safak Pavey -
As I began to take risks, leaving my very comfortable and secure job and taking this first leap into fashion, every subsequent risk became easier to take because I began to see the kind of opportunity and excitement that risk-taking offered.
Imran Amed
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Good twists are enormously hard to come by, and I think the best ones are earned ones. The idea that a story can take a left turn on you, it's easy to do, but it has to be done very, very carefully, or else you risk losing the audience's trust.
Damon Lindelof -
It's understood in the newsroom: Air the Trump rallies live and uninterrupted. He may say something crazy; he often does, and it's always great television.
Brown Campbell -
It's not what you achieve, it's what you overcome. That's what defines your career.
Carlton Fisk -
Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
Jack Herer -
The Tea Party did not run me out. If you know me and my personality, I would welcome the challenge.
Bart Stupak -
When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
Talib Kweli Black Star
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It only takes two seconds of your life to say, 'I don't agree with white supremacy. I don't agree with homophobia.'
Lauren Mayberry Chvrches -
Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit.
Saint Basil -
People come. They go. Dying is the same as rehab or moving back to Missouri. It just means I won't be seeing them again.
James St. James -
Storytelling is about listening in any media.
Chris Vance -
I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.
Clara Ann Fowler -
Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror.
Yann Martel