Yann Martel Quotes
Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.
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If someone is sad, they put on a song, or if someone wants to rock out, and they want to get into a good mood, they put on music. Just being able to be a part of something like that I feel like was my ultimate push to do music.
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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I have worked hard and learnt that I have to make a decision - whether I am going to conform and protect myself or not. I chose not to.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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I've learned to be more accepting of myself. I'm 37, not 18, and I've got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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Spanglish is a creative way also of saying, 'I am an American, and I have my own style, my own taste, my own tongue.'
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted, full of unexpected twists and turns - not a cold and bullying prison - it's a place of infinite jest.
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I love just walking around New York. It's like a whole world in one place.
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I have often said that just as the French revolution, for instance, understood itself through antiquity, I think our time can be understood through the French revolution. It is quite a natural process to use other times to understand your own time.
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In Korean, my lyrics are witty and have twists. But translated into English, it doesn't come over. I've tried writing in English, just for me, but it doesn't work. I've got to know everything about a culture, and I don't.
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What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.
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Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.
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Our only hope rests on the off-chance that God does exist.
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We're used to thinking of fun as a sort of synonym for light pleasure.
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Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.
