Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Quotes

I stand before you as a writer without any ground of being out of which to write: really blown about from country to country, culture to culture till I feel - till I am - nothing. As it happens, I like it that way.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 7, 1927 - April 3, 2013

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The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.

Jim Garrison

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Music is closer to poetry than anything.

John McLaughlin

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In the fourth-grade talent show, my buddies and I dressed up like the California Raisins - they were big then! - and lip-synched.

Matt Czuchry

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Actually, I find it embarrassing being a pop star. I prefer it when people just treat me like anybody else, although occasionally there is a side of me, which is indulgent and I expect certain things because of my position. It's one of the perks.

Michael Hutchence

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The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother's convenience.

Tony Abbott

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My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house.

Tom Hanks

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I slowly started to drift back into music again. I finally got the call from John... about getting the band back together again. It was so out of the blue. I almost thought that the moment had passed.

Roger Andrew Taylor

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Motherhood has made me a much better person. I see everything from a new perspective - with a sense of wonderment.

Juhi Chawla

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I think me having kids is helpful. It opens up a new little area of your heart.

David Walton

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When I booked 'This Is Us,' I had 81 cents in my bank account.

Chrissy Metz

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At the end of the day, stand-up comedy is like acting when the audience are the other characters that I'm acting with.

Brett Gelman

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In the 20 long, hungry years between my late teens and late 30s I bought in to virtually every new diet and/or exercise regime that hoved into view, particularly at this most vulnerable time for those of us prone to poor body image - a new year.

Arabella Weir

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