Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Quotes

I was never interested in film. Never. I never even thought of it. I wasn't even a film buff, I didn't see many films ever.

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ThoughtNeverSeeFilmInterested

Entrepreneurship is, in large part, about building something from nothing, which means creating a cause.

Joe Lonsdale

BuildingCreatingNothingSomething

At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory.

John Strachan

WorldFoundationRisePlaceMoral

And what I learned in Church's course. He trained us intensively in his new system, which he was just developing. Two papers were presented. I think the second paper wasn't published until well after the course was finished.

Stephen Cole Kleene

ThinkChurchNewTwoSystemWell

I didn't run into racism until we moved to Nassau when I was ten and a half, but it was vastly different from the kind of horrendous oppression that black people in Miami were under when I moved there at 15. I found Florida an antihuman place.

Sidney Poitier

RacismPeopleBlackMiamiPlaceRun

I was having health issues all my life. You're just not conditioned to think of them as health issues.

Robin Quivers

LifeHealthThinkMy LifeYouJust

Increasingly, it's actresses doing the big fashion advertising campaigns, and now there's no distinction between actresses and models.

Romola Garai

AdvertisingFashionDoingNowBig

I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.

Julia Cameron

SpiritualSmallBelieveHelpNothing

But out of limitations comes creativity.

Debbie Allen

CreativityOutLimitations

And I can't wait to see where the road leads from here.

Dean Stockwell

WaitRoadSeeWhereHereLeads

You have to stay hydrated when you have crying scenes.

Claire Danes

YouStayCryingScenes

If I was a billionaire, I'd be smart with my money.

Bruno Mars

MoneySmartBillionaire

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers can identify with them.

Ally Carter

DreamsPeopleWhyTryWriteReal

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