Amitava Kumar Quotes

The radio stations will happily recycle a badly worded statement by a politician all day but will steer clear of broadcasting more than once or twice a poem by Tomas Transtromer or Rita Dove.

Amitava Kumar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DayWillMoreRadioTwiceStatement

I've seen suffering first-hand, and we have to make sure we relieve people's suffering.

Jimmy Gomez

PeopleSufferingSeenSureMake

White Americans have the option of not having to think about race on a daily basis. People of color don't. Race is a major deciding factor in their lives and the histories of their families.

Jess Row

DailyPeopleColorThinkWhiteRace

We should make decisions in life with our hearts, not our brains, not only in music but in daily life.

Andre Rieu

LifeMusicDailyDaily LifeBrains

My father was a veteran and my mother a schoolteacher. They taught me the value of a good job and an honest day's work.

Stephen Pagliuca

WorkGoodFatherMotherDayJob

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.

Lucy Liu

ThinkAppreciateYouSeeSuperhero

I spent most of my career in education and technology. I worked at Kaplan, and I was one of the first people trying to bring innovation into for-profit education.

Jose Ferreira

EducationTechnologyInnovationFirst

I tell people, 'If you want to send a message to the White House, call my house.'

Dick Gregory

PeopleYouHouseWhiteWantTell

When I was younger, I looked a lot older than I was. They have these working laws in England where you have to be 16: if you're over 16, you don't have to be restrained by working hours and things like that. In America, it's actually 18.

Douglas Booth

AmericaYouOverThingsWhereLaws

I read 'Y: The Last Man' once a year.

CM Punk

ManYearLastReadOnceOnce A Year

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Pearl S. Buck

LoveTogetherKissMomSameMothers

I do not like to go to the gym; I am more of a nature person.

Nushrat Bharucha

NatureI AmGymPersonGoMore

I think it's great that they are getting funding, but it's just too easy. They don't have to work for it. We did it because we had pride, because we loved it.

Linford Christie

WorkGreatThinkPrideLovedEasy

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