Yann Martel Quotes
Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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I do make a good ragu pasta, which everyone seems to like. Or that could be just me talking; who knows what they really think. I actually stole the recipe from my older sister Vera, who also loves to cook. I took all my recipes from her.
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Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
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Perfect partners don't exist. Perfect conditions exist for a limited time in which partnerships express themselves best.
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What's great about working on a sitcom is that I spend so much time with people who are in other fields as well, such as writing, directing, and/or camera operating. Being on set is like being on a playground. I go from one thing to the next, and I've learned so much and hope to continue learning.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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Everybody feels up sometimes, they feel down sometimes, sometimes they feel sideways, sometimes they feel weird. And the beauty of music is you can express all those different feelings in all the different songs you write. And hopefully, people can identify with those.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world.
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Nobody asks you to do this. The world out there is not panting after another novelist. We choose it
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How lovely goodness is in those who, stepping lightly, go smiling through the world.
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Men are born privileged in the scale of things - I'm generalizing, but it's true. Women have to define themselves in the eyes of men. They have to fight for their rights, especially in a society that will pretend that there is no fight or no battle, that it's a cliche, that feminists are reactionary, all these things.
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The great benefit I see to marrying you is that I would be married to you.
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Isn't telling about something-using words, English or Japanese-already something of an invention? Isn't just looking upon this world already something of an invention?
