Yann Martel Quotes
If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?

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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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The United States may be a religious nation. But it is also a nation with a strong commitment to separation of church and state.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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I'm very wary of news on television.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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I hate to lose. It's a bad feeling, but, I mean, it kind of gets you resettled, gets you back right.
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Jessica Lange was my biggest crush when I was a kid.
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My mom and I have always been really close. She's always been the friend that was always there. There were times when, in middle school and junior high, I didn't have a lot of friends. But my mom was always my friend. Always.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.
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I grew up with 'Star Trek,' so to get to do anything in it was fun for me.
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Forty-five years ago, when I was 18, I came to San Francisco by boat and took two weeks to get here. I had a great impression. I think San Francisco is the welcoming gate for people from Asia.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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At first, Uniqlo was a casual chain on the back streets of Hiroshima. Then... we became a national brand in Japan. So, the next step is to become a global brand.
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I understand how the economy actually works.
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Fake eyelashes can instantly give me a more dramatic look and also help to accentuate my eyes, which are a focal point to achieving the Lion Babe look.
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My voyage was never a well-conceived plan, nor will it ever be. I have made it up as I went along.
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Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of environmental protection; even the courts are beholden to local officials, and they are not open to environmental litigation.
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At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.
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And some can pot begonias and some can bud a rose, And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows.
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If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?