Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

I was very lucky - it wasn't a question of being wealthy; my father was just extremely lucky with the couple of jobs he got. So we got a chance to travel when nobody else could travel.

Romesh Gunesekera

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  • Birth: 1954

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I was doing a Broadway musical called 'Smile' with Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch in 1984/5 when it abruptly closed. Howard was in the middle of pre-production for 'The Little Mermaid,' so he kindly invited all the girls in our cast to audition for the film.

Jodi Benson

SmileDoingLittleFilmMiddleCast

Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it's wrong.

Ron Paul

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Boys and boys' body image and clothes have become just as important an issue for boys as for girls.

Rosalind Wiseman

ClothesBodyImportantBecomeImage

Cooking can cure almost anything.

Michelle Dockery

CookingAnythingAlmostCure

My favorite thing is still journalism. I'm almost 50. This has been my life ever since I was in college.

David Talbot

LifeCollegeMy LifeJournalismBeen

Of course voting is useful. But then again, I don't put a big glow to it. Voting is about as essential as washing yourself. It's something you're supposed to do. Now, you can't go around bragging, expecting to get props because you voted. That's stupid.

Chuck D

YourselfStupidVotingGlowYouGo

I was on the San Diego school board for 4 years, where I watched children successfully matriculate into elementary schools from Head Start programs from all around our city.

Bob Filner

ChildrenSchoolCityStartHead

The best teacher is an entertainer.

Bob Keeshan

TeacherBestEntertainer

The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

Swami Vivekananda

PowerYouSinSayMiserableWeak

There was a time when I kept track of it all; when my mind worked like a giant lint brush being swept over the fuzzy surface of popular culture. But these days, pop culture seems to have gotten fuzzier and fuzzier; notoriety comes and goes in the snap of a finger.

Susan Orlean

TimeCultureMindOverDaysSurface

TV networks are dying. The death throes of religion give us jihads. The death throes of television give us reality shows.

Penn Jillette

DeathReligionRealityTelevisionUs

I know what it's like to feel that fear and the need of affirmation and appreciation. To build confidence in yourself is the toughest thing.

Shakira

FearConfidenceYourselfAppreciation

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