Michael Ondaatje Quotes

You're getting everyone's point of view at the same time, which, for me, is the perfect state for a novel: a cubist state, the cubist novel.

Michael Ondaatje

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 12, 1943

Topics

TimeMeViewYouPoint Of ViewSame

Once that bell rings you're on your own. It's just you and the other guy.

Joe Louis

YouBellOwnRingsGuyJust

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.

John Maynard Keynes

PastManPresentKnowNothingMore

There's all kinds of depictions of black men. You have the Denzel Washingtons and the Will Smiths; that's wonderful, but that doesn't represent everyone. There's a Russell Crowe... well, you know, there's a black Russell Crowe.

Michael Jai White

MenBlackYouKnowWillEveryone

Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.

Simon Sinek

VisionDirectionWhyExplainHow

When I did 'Tapestry' with Carole King, the record was spare and simple, like a demo. If someone had told me to go back and put horns on it, it would've been all wrong. If you're enthusiastic enough to sign an artist, let them do what got you enthusiastic.

Lou Adler

SimpleKingMeSomeoneEnoughYou

It is not easy for me to sing consonants, and I am sorry if I don't sing the 'S'.

Jose Carreras

I AmMeSorryEasySingAm

I love being a dad. Basically it's the most gratifying, rewarding relationship in life. But, at the same time, it certainly is the most challenging.

Dennis Quaid

LifeLoveRelationshipTimeSame

I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.

Christian Cooke

GreatFunDepthArtsDifferent

23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public - our more than 180,000 customers.

Anne Wojcicki

ResearchDataBearMoreBringThan

The key is that your children are aware that you love them a lot, and that you are there when they really, really need you. If a kid was ill, I would simply leave a meeting and go home.

Marian Wright Edelman

LoveHomeChildrenKeyYouMeeting

I have a wardrobe full of expensive clothes, but wear the same two T-shirts. I've never found a look.

Juliet Stevenson

ClothesLookNeverSameExpensive

Abraham Lincoln never denigrated, never scapegoated, never finger-pointed. And he had reason to.

Jamie Dimon

NeverReasonHeAbrahamHadLincoln

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