Yann Martel Quotes
When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.
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It's hard to find an emblem of cultural, national pride that burns as bright as Israel's success in classical music.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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A liberal to me is one who - and it suits some of the dictionary definitions - is unbeholden to any specific belief or party or group or person, but makes up his or her mind on the basis of the facts and the presentation of those facts at the time. That defines what I am.
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I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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Not everybody is a great rapper; not everybody lives for the art of lyricism.
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Mentorship is really important. I really like to talk to people who have been in the music industry much longer than me about artists' block, things I'm struggling with, or the music business. It's really important for artists to have a community. Sometimes you can feel quite isolated.
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Japan is the largest creditor country in the world, so we have made contributions to the stability of international markets and we want this IMF meeting to confirm that we will continue to contribute.
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I'm proud to be part of the resistance.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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The last day of your life is still going to be a day.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.
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Now I have other demands on my time that are not flexible, I just can't wander into the studio at 2 A.M. like I used to. If I have an idea in the middle of the night, I will go and get the bare bones down, but mostly you can learn to tame it to your needs.
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Christ's work needs no repetition. It is final because it is perfect.
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Let's teach kids, at the kindergarten level, what the contributions of people of color were to building the United States of America.
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I don't get in there and create a character. It's more of a voice that I hear living inside the music.
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Anybody who writes a diary insists it must be read by someone else.
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When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.
