Yann Martel Quotes
In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome.Yann Martel
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
Karen Bender -
I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
Carlos Ghosn -
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Taylor Swift -
I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
Orson Welles -
When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
Larry MacPhail -
One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
Hansika Motwani -
I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
Xun Kuang -
The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
Carl Hiaasen -
If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
Salma Hayek -
The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
Yolanda Adams -
The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
Sam Levenson
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
Gareth Gates -
I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
Vince Vaughn -
The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.
Paris Hilton -
You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
Calvin Johnson -
My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
Tate Donovan -
I think it is important for children to read different things to find out about their emotions and other people's emotions. It is an enormous source of education and culture.
Quentin Blake
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I don't care if I was a ditch-digger at a dollar a day, I'd want to do my job better than the fellow next to me. I'd want to be the best at whatever I do.
Branch Rickey -
The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
E. F. Schumacher -
My feeling is that if you can cook, I can teach you how to do television.
Bobby Flay -
I respect marriage, and I think it's beautiful that people do it. But for me, more important than anything is having a peaceful life and a peaceful home.
Camila Alves -
I'd like to think there is a Heaven, and it starts from the happiest day in your life.
Billy Crystal -
In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome.
Yann Martel