Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

My first inkling of what the Commonwealth might really mean came only when I escaped the oddly British-tinged Asia I had known and went to live in the Philippines.

Romesh Gunesekera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1954

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LiveMeanFirstPhilippinesOnly

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.

John Clayton

PositiveBeautyPeopleChristianSee

Back in college, I remember shooting stupid videos with my friends. It would be us going around town in capes pretending we were superheroes.

Anders Holm

CollegeStupidFriendsRememberBack

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.

John Wooden

LiveDaySomeoneDoingYouPerfect

It's important to face down your demons.

Stephan Jenkins

FaceDemonsDownImportantYour

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?

Steven Wright

ThinkYouWashingtonOutJustHe

I have been threatened occasionally. But that happens to everybody who is writing this kind of things. Threats will come without fail. It might happen to the most 'innocent' texts. If it gets too much we call the police.

Stieg Larsson

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Power, of course, is very important, but really, there's a bundle of technologies you have to have to make sure they're highly integrated, so you have to have modem, you have to have connectivity, you have to have GPS, you have to have graphics, you have to have CPU.

Steve Mollenkopf

PowerYouImportantSureBundle

It's always a surprise! This business is always an adventure.

Tony Hale

BusinessAdventureSurpriseAlways

The question that white people need to ask ourselves is not if we were shaped by the forces of racism, but how.

Robin DiAngelo

RacismPeopleWhiteQuestionNeed

I wish I knew what I know now before.

Rod Stewart

WishKnowNowI WishKnewBefore

Before you know it, I'm not going to be able to tie these boots up and do what I do in the ring for my whole life. We're all getting older, so I'm trying to live in the moment and enjoy everything that's being thrown at me.

Roman Reigns

LifeLiveMomentGetting OlderMe

Something outrageous, in the truest sense of the word, is always happening. On social networks, we're always voicing our reactions to these outrageous events. We read essays and 'think pieces' about these outrageous events. We comment on the commentary. We do this because we can.

Roxane Gay

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