Romesh Gunesekera Quotes

To come to England in the 1970s was to return to this strange other-world of half-known history. I found the imperial architecture curiously familiar: the post office, the town hall, the botanic gardens.

Romesh Gunesekera

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: 1954

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We like smashing genres into each other, so if you can find something that's really idiosyncratic in respect to superhero genre and you can smoosh it into it, you usually wind up with something fresh and different.

Joe Russo

RespectWindYouFindFreshUp

I'm a natural blonde, but my hair has been almost every color you can imagine. As an actor, I like to get into my character as much as I can, and often that starts with the color of my hair.

Jennifer Morrison

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I think the '70s was a much healthier period for music because people were more innovative and creative.

Maurice White

MusicCreativePeopleThinkMore

When we first started, and I jumped in this band, I was like, 'I'm not a singer.' I didn't go to school to sing. I just played to have fun. But these guys teach me, and they show me stuff and give me courage to try new stuff.

Sonny Sandoval

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Golf tough guys - like movie tough guys - are almost always inscrutable, just beyond our full understanding.

Steve Rushin

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A lot of people don't believe there's evil. If there's good in this world, then you're being intellectually dishonest, if you believe there's a good power, you've also got to believe there's an evil power, too. There are physical laws that are in place.

Si Robertson

GoodPowerPeopleEvilWorldYou

The thing about 'Next to Normal' is that it really is an ensemble piece for six actors. They are all asked to do very important things in the show, and I think all six are equal in terms of telling the story.

Tom Kitt

StoryThinkImportantEqualNormal

You can't hate James Brown! Who hates James Brown?

Rosemarie DeWitt

HateYouBrownWhoHatesJames

There is an increasing push to compartmentalize faith separately from our life in the public square - and it's not possible - at least, it's not possible if we continue the American tradition of true individual freedom, which also implies individual responsibility. Without an objective moral standard, that's not possible.

Mike Huckabee

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I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

Joyce Meyer

GodI AmThank GodWantUsedMay

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

Judy Blume

PeopleMeLovedGrowKnowBecome

Gratitude is one of the greatest gifts we can give. And it's not a gift we often give to children. We expect it of them, but we don't necessarily give it back.

Jason Reynolds

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