Amitava Kumar Quotes

Each employed immigrant has his or her place of work. It is only the taxi driver, forever moving on wheels, who occupies no fixed space. He represents the immigrant condition.

Amitava Kumar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WorkMoving OnSpaceMovingPlace

I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and see hundreds of titles which in my memory seem merely mediocre or second-rate. Only occasionally does a novel appear for which I feel a lasting passion, a book that I think could in time become a classic.

John Boyne

PassionHopeTimeMyselfMemory

I love a woman who's solid in her shoes.

Melissa McCarthy

LoveShoesWomanHerSolidI Love

Call me old-fashioned, but it's always been my firm belief that a teacher's job should be for each of his or her students to finish the year with a grade of 100%.

Steven Crowder

TeacherJobMeYearBeliefFinish

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.

Shonda Rhimes

LoveShoesWalkSomeoneDoingYou

The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma.

Jose Serrano

GovernmentPeopleAmericanPolitical

I've just always loved animals.

Doris Day

LovedAnimalsAlwaysJust

Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15 pounds. And I felt gorgeous! I would take my clothes off in front of the mirror and be like, 'Oh, I look like a woman.' And I felt beautiful, and I never tried to lose it, 'cause I loved it.

Christina Hendricks

BeautifulTimeMirrorDayWoman

My parents never told us that our great-grandmothers had been slaves.

Constance Baker Motley

ParentsNeverUsSlavesBeenOur

I was kind of broke . 'The Girl on the Train' was a last roll of the dice for me as a fiction writer.

Paula Hawkins

GirlMeTrainKindDiceFiction

I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

Noah Baumbach

GoodBurgerYouCrimeOnlyLike

I never dreamt to be a princess in my life; I really dreamt to be an actress, but I dreamt of princesses on screen.

Marion Cotillard

LifeMy LifePrincessNeverScreen

When they do bring on new people, it's good for the show. It's like getting a new toy. The writers enjoy it because it's a whole new character that they can write for, one that they aren't used to writing for. They can try different things.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

GoodCharacterPeopleWritingEnjoy

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