Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

Whether we live in Sri Lanka or Malaysia or India, the U.K. or the U.S., we face similar issues of understanding, remembering the past that has made us and seeing the future we want.

Romesh Gunesekera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1954

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FutureLivePastFaceUnderstanding

When I got out of college and signed a contract to play pro football in the USFL, the first thing I bought was a Remington 1100 shotgun and a Remington .30-06.

Jim Kelly

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I never thought that being a puppeteer was something someone could do as a job.

Matt Vogel

JobThoughtSomeoneNeverSomething

I think my software is going to become so ubiquitous, so essential, that if it stops working, there will be riots.

Michael J. Saylor

ThinkWillBecomeSoftwareGoing

Government is dysfunctional.

Michael Bloomberg

GovernmentDysfunctional

Michael Bloomberg has yet to get his due for engineering the New York entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Steve Blank

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I speak fluent Kosovan.

Rita Ora

SpeakFluent

Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly.

Christian Bale

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My dad got a job as a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. He teaches biology and genetics. My dad has been obsessed with science his whole life. Both my paternal grandparents were illiterate bamboo farmers, so he really worked his way up and then got a Ph.D., full ride and everything, from universities in America.

Constance Wu

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Here is a new car, a new iPhone. We buy. We discard. We buy again. In recent years, we've been doing it faster.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

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The element of fire to me is very powerful because of what it symbolizes, how it symbolizes a strength. It symbolizes something that's unstoppable. You can't get through it, you know.

Alicia Keys

StrengthFireMeYouPowerfulKnow

It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved.

Alison Jackson

FunFakeMoreAlwaysPoliticians

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Peter Singer

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