Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Quotes

Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time that you feel grateful for what they've done, you don't feel possessive about it in any 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 most important asset you need to protect in order to manage the demands of a job or an investment portfolio is your production of energy. And, just like with money, if you do a great job managing your energy, you'll get a great return.

Jim Loehr

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We loved 'The Crown.' And 'The Killing' and 'The Fall' with Gillian Anderson. All those crime shows are always super fun.

Anderson East

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Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe.

John Polkinghorne

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I do know that there isn't ever going to be a time when there aren't any knitters.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

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I went to university for a year, and I'm not one for schooling and have no enjoyment sitting in a classroom all day and ended up going to live in England for two years, just to travel. I worked in a bar in a hotel for a couple of years and had no intention of becoming an actor. That's where I met my agent.

Travis Fimmel

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After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

Mary Pierce

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I opted out of the band.

Lou Gramm

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The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.

Conrad Anker

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I don't know if it's animalistic or what, but men become like peacocks with their feathers up when women are around.

Bradley Cooper

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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.

Arthur Conan Doyle

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Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.

Allen West

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The pun exists in a social and political void, caring nothing for the issues of its day, content merely to display itself in its small cleverness.

Arthur Smith

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