Amitava Kumar Quotes

I thought I'd be the first to introduce herbal tea to Patna. White tea, ginger tea, rooibos, camomile. No one touched it. On subsequent visits, I'd find the packets decorating the shelves in my parents' dining room.

Amitava Kumar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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'Alice' took over two years to make and took a great deal of planning, obviously much more than usual. We spent so much more time prepping the film, and that was unique for us.

Jennifer Todd

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Most children - I know I did when I was a kid - fantasize another set of parents. Or fantasize no parents. They don't tell their real parents about that - you don't want to tell Mom and Dad. Kids lead a very private life. And I was a typical child, I think. I was a liar.

Maurice Sendak

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I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

Amy Smart

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The comedy in 'Star Trek' is always very subtle, if it's there at all.

Robert Duncan McNeill

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The Republicans have bought into the idea that people hate them because they're opposed to everything.

Rush Limbaugh

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When I came out, I said, 'I'm going to be a proud gay artist.' I'm not going to be Melissa Etheridge. But she's a goddess!

Mary Lambert

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Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

Joyce Meyer

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Show me the story. I just want to tell a story that pulls me forward.

Debra Winger

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Comparing 'Christmas Vacation' to 'It's A Wonderful Life' is the silliest thing. That film starred the greatest movie actor of all time, and the idea that our movie could ever be connected in some fashion to something so brilliant and beautiful always made feel like, 'That's all they had to write about?'

Chevy Chase

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I'm just not in a place in my life where I worry about something unnecessarily.

Brie Larson

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It's a mistake to try to use play to deliberately foster developmental progress.

Brian Sutton-Smith

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There are just so many brilliant voices out there. I'm not the funniest person out there, I'm not the best interviewer. I'm not the best at anything, but I really just am a big fan of everyone. I'm really driven by trying to make sure that representation is out there.

Phoebe Robinson

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