Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

I never expected to earn money out of writing. In fact, the idea of getting published was too bourgeois. Then, in England, I realised that writing a book was something you could do without it being laughable.

Romesh Gunesekera

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1954

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MoneyWritingBookYouNeverEarn

I'm such a foodie.

Jessie James Decker

HappyDramaJustVeryEric

I never envisioned myself as a solo artist; I was always part of a band.

Jenny Lewis

MyselfArtistNeverBandAlways

I'm not here to tell you what your average needs to be, but it would seem to me that one way to protect yourself, as an entrepreneur, from the dreaded average is to understand what that looks like in your industry, your business, and your personal life and take the steps to be above average.

Michael Gerber

LifeBusinessYourselfMeYouLooks

Kids are all computer-savvy. Sit down and write to your parents on the computer. And just say, I have some questions and I'm scared. There's some stuff I don't know and I really need to talk to you about sex. Tear it off and put it on their pillow. They'll read it.

Sue Johanson

ParentsQuestionsYouSexDownKnow

The most famous secret base, I guess, would be Area 51, which a lot of people have heard of as a kind of mythical place. Well, it's a real place.

Trevor Paglen

PeopleFamousPlaceKindSecret

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

Tony Campolo

WorkGoodGovernmentCitizenTask

I know from personal experience, if a chef yelled at me in a kitchen, the first thing I'd want to do is hit them with a pot.

Tom Colicchio

ExperienceMeChefKitchenPersonal

In the broad sense, as a processing of everything one hears or witnesses, all fiction is autobiographical - imagination ground through the mill of memory. It's impossible to separate the two ingredients.

Rohinton Mistry

ImaginationMemoryImpossibleGround

I've always suggested if you can't stand the sight of your own blood, don't run for office.

Mike Huckabee

StandYouBloodRunSightOffice

I definitely know that I'm quirky. I know that I'm different. Red hair definitely made me different growing up.

Jayma Mays

RedMeGrowing UpHairGrowingKnow

Everyone thinks I like to sleep. It's not that I like to sleep, it's that I don't like to get up! There is a difference.

JC Chasez

SleepDifferenceEveryoneUpGet

When I tell people I'm going to the Olympics, they're like: 'What do you do, track and field? Pole vault? Are you a volleyball player?' No one ever guesses tae kwon do.

Diana Lopez

PeopleYouTellTrackGoingLike

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