Yann Martel Quotes
It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
Quotes to Explore
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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I always loved going to Hawai'i; it was very, very special.
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Notting Hill is a very different carnival from anywhere else. This is an international city, so it represents everybody. You walk around every corner here, you'll hear something new. It's awesome.
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Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.
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Walt Disney got away with portraying me in the light that they were portraying me in. I have always been a fighter, so... But I have no regrets, man. It's just like God brought me through the drugs, I know he'll bring me through this.
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The application of a strong magnetic field enables the measurement of the energy of the most penetrating particles to be carried out, and the method may be capable of still further extension and improvement.
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I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.
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Whether you like the look or not, that tailcoat is a tough shell, a suit of armour. The posh boy is a hardy species.
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I see poetry as spiritual medicine.
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As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on our religious differences; and to the religious arrogance that says, 'Our truth is the only truth.'
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In our science and philosophy, even, there is commonly no true and absolute account of things. The spirit of sect and bigotry has planted its hoof amid the stars. You have only to discuss the problem, whether the stars are inhabited or not, in order to discover it.
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I would love to have been born in the '60s.
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There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
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Only God singing this song of you... makes true light... somehow possible.
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The issue of immigration is one of the most complex and politically difficult issues because there is so much passion on all sides.
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It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.
