Amitava Kumar Quotes

There is a great deal of freshness and charm in '400 Blows.' There is also a great deal of visual poetry in the way in which Truffaut's camera looks at his beloved city.

Amitava Kumar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GreatPoetryCityCameraLooksWay

Oddly, I feel more protected when I write in Italian, even though I'm also more exposed.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FeelMoreWriteItalianEvenI Feel

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Maya Angelou

ControlYouEventsHappenDecide

I try to associate myself as just being myself - and being a person, an American citizen, going out there every day and just trying to be successful.

Robert Griffin III

MyselfDayAmericanBeing MyselfTry

I think the reason that I like so many different games is because I like the way my brain works when I'm playing games. It's more fun.

John Romero

FunBrainThinkGamesWayMore

When I was young, we always went to our posh cousins at Christmas. My dad made sure we had new shoes and clean clothes - he was really proud - and that's why I felt different from everyone living around me. We had the first television on the estate, the first fridge.

John Rocha

ShoesMeProudClothesTelevision

The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of the celestial zodiac, too.

Simon Schama

EarlyLateTempleRememberingBuilt

I learned that having great sensitivity is important. But being strong is just as important.

Ruby Dee

GreatStrongImportantBeingJust

Writing has to be an obsession - it's only for those who say, 'I'm not going to do anything else.'

Lorrie Moore

WritingSayObsessionAnythingGoing

Playing in front of your home crowd, they can almost be like the best sixth man in the league, especially being in Boston.

Jaylen Brown

HomeBestManBostonPlayingCrowd

The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made.

Donella Meadows

ChangesAssessmentAlmostMadeRate

People say, 'Gee, you don't really do political music.' Well, I sing a lot of songs about how men and women and lovers treat each other, and none of us want to be talked down to or belittled or ignored or disrespected... So I'm proud to be a feminist.

Bonnie Raitt

WomenMusicMenPeopleTreatProud

The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's.

Brian Setzer

ForwardNeverSongwritingReally

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