Yann Martel Quotes
Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.
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Polo drifts gently in and out of fashion.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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I went to this one in Ohio, and then I became a counselor there, and it was just the most fun thing. I was so depressed when I came home from camp.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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My father had very little formal education.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I like fashion, but I love, love, love music and film; they are my two passions. I would love to pursue my acting and my love of music more than anything.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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I feel very close to Maryann Plunkett and Jay O. Sanders.
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
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Most of what happens in the world is far beyond a dog's comprehension, so they must turn to their faith in us to help them navigate life's treacheries. Don't we, also, have unanswerable questions about the vagaries of modern existence for which the answer is beyond human grasp, so that only our faith can guide us?
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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As you get older as a comedian and keep doing it, what you actually start to cherish on stage is not the build-up to the jokes, but how comfortable you can be in the silence and the non-laughing parts, and how long you can take the audience without a laugh to then get a huge reaction.
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You don't fall in love with someone because they're perfect and meet your requirements - you fall for the things that are different about them or even problematic.
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Love to me has meant different things at different junctures of my life. I'm not a hopeless romantic.
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I started in '07, and I remember, at that point, nobody was trying to hear from me because I was a young rapper. I'd be saying stuff better than some of what the hottest rappers were saying back then, but nobody was trying to hear from me.
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Strength is the outcome of need; security sets a premium on feebleness. The work of ameliorating the conditions of life -- the true civilizing process that makes life more and more secure -- had gone steadily on to a climax... And the harvest was what I saw.
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Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.
