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Amitava Kumar Quotes

Mistaken identity, of course, has been the province of much postcolonial fiction. An important feature of this writing is the manner in which misrecognition has haunted all cognition.

Amitava Kumar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: indian
Birth: March 17, 1963

Topics

Identity Writing Important Fiction

The first 20 years had such a profound effect on me, I spent the next 20 dealing with them.

John Grant

Me Profound First Next Years Effect

Everyone has different goals. For myself, I would rather take less roles and be working on films that I'm passionate about, that are going to challenge me, and that I'm going to be growing from. I don't ever want to take a movie just for the sake of working.

Amanda Crew

Goals Myself Challenge Me Growing

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc.

Rob James-Collier

Game Think Plan Career Acting Never

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

Ron Howard

Good Great Job Choose Acting Had

We were playing, not for the drunks, but for the musicians, because it was more intellectually challenging. We needed somewhere to put our energy to show that we were growing, and as we started to achieve this, people came to hear us musically.

Ronnie Hawkins

People Energy Musicians Achieve More

I feel like my biggest competition is myself. A lot of kids get caught up in the comparing game - comparing themselves with Michael Jackson, comparing themselves with Michael Jordan. You gotta be your best. You gotta overcome your own fears.

Romeo Miller

Myself Best Competition Game You Up

I know for a fact that I'm problematic. I shouldn't be looked to for any kind of guidance.

Mitski

Know Kind Guidance Fact Problematic

Always believe in yourself and keep going. You don't have to have the most talent in the world. You don't have to be the smartest person in the world. If you persist and you persist and you persist, you will be successful.

Dean Cain

Believe In Yourself Keep Going Talent

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there.

Deborah Norville

Ideas You Nothing Big Take Bite

'Baahubali' gave me something that's really huge.

Prabhas

Me Something Really Gave Huge

To me, it's the kiss of death when you start winking at the audience as an actor. I just never liked it. I don't like it when we do monologues, looking into the character.

Thomas Jane

Character Death Kiss Me Start You

I keep all my work and files and kung-fu movies on my laptop because sometimes you travel, and the Internet is slow.

Rza

Work Travel Slow Internet You Keep