Yann Martel Quotes
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We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi -
I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
Iggy Azalea -
I'm not shy about trying to find what truth there is in any genre, whether that be an action piece, a sci-fi piece, a small indie film, or a play. I'm open to it all.
Mahershala Ali -
I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
Damian Lewis -
One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.
Hank Haney -
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. Henry
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
Vera Farmiga -
It's not necessary that every film has to hit Rs 100 crore box office, or the Rs 50 crore budget. If the film makes double of its project budget, we consider that a hit, and that also means that the film is in profit.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui -
In Genesis 6:3, it says man can live to be 120, but there is no scientific basis for it.
S. Jay Olshansky -
I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.
Jack Kevorkian -
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
Earl Campbell -
Catalytic oxidation in living substances rests upon change of valency in an iron compound which is the respiratory oxygen-transferring ferment.
Otto Heinrich Warburg
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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
Saint Augustine -
If you ask the government to solve all of your problems, it's a bit like asking your wife to cook and clean, to raise the children, to hold down a second job to help with the family finances, to keep her parents happy and well and keep your parents happy and well, and to also - to do the lawn and clean the gutters.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Generally, I find a lot to be grateful for.
Katey Sagal -
To pursue a so-called Third Way is foolish. We had our experience with this in the 1960s when we looked for a socialism with a human face. It did not work, and we must be explicit that we are not aiming for a more efficient version of a system that has failed.
Vaclav Klaus -
The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
Baltasar Gracian -
The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
Barack Obama
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A lot of journalists are talented enough to write a mystery novel, and I would say that most of the top-end mystery writers actually started out as reporters. But there is more to it than just the writing; there's a learning process, and most journalists aren't willing to do it.
John Sandford -
At the end of the day, my natural habitat is in a car and I am happiest in that environment.
Maria de Villota -
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
Eddie Rickenbacker -
When I say 'Clean water was only served to the fairer skin,' what I'm saying is we're making product with chitlins. T-shirts! That's the most we can make.
Kanye West -
I'm still learning my craft.
Yann Martel