Yann Martel Quotes
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President Reagan stood for conservative principles in a way that brought people together.
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I look at 'Death Proof' and realize I had too much time.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
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I'm regularly speaking at London Business School and Harvard Business School. They're the next generation of leaders in the fashion industry.
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There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland.
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I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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When you face unexpected events, you have to try to overcome those problems, but at the same time, you have to continue working according to the plan that you defined since the beginning. So that's what we have tried to do - not to avoid the urgent responses but to continue the route that we had defined.
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When you feel bad on the inside, you wind up wanting to do things to make others feel bad. In contrast, when you feel happy on the inside, you want to do things to make others feel happy.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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It's not ideal to always be one eye on the Blackberry and two arms around my children. For the sake of mothers out there who don't have the Blackberry but do have the children and are hoping someone will be raising their voice on their behalf, it's a great privilege.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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I guess I'm a bit of a tomboy and can be quite resourceful.
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To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
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You're not going to win anything with bottles and bricks.
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John Kerry, windsurfing dilettante.
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There were no paranormal events that took place on the film that I know of. Thank God!
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If a film project were available and the timing was right, I might be interested.
