Michael Ondaatje Quotes

It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing.

Michael Ondaatje

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm usually attracted to more interesting types of men. I have no desire to be with a cookie-cutter Ken doll.

Jessica Parker Kennedy

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I love discordancy. It makes people ill at ease and wakes up a part of their brain that's normally asleep.

John Lydon

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Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

Robert Musil

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My husband is the most brilliant father on the planet.

Angie Harmon

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Oklahoma residents are known for not backing down from a fight in the political arena, on the gridiron, NBA courts or rodeo arenas, but in their reaction to the bombing, they knew intuitively they would not find restoration in rage.

Tom Brokaw

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This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It's because kids - and this is the problem with school lunch right now - are getting sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but no nutrition.

Tom Colicchio

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Anybody who believes Yelp is an idiot. Most people on Yelp have no idea what they're talking about.

Ruth Reichl

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In making the jump from a local program to the showcase of a coast-to-coast broadcast, Ted Yates and I were determined to maintain the candid, sometimes combative style we'd introduced on 'Night Beat.' But that proved easier said than done.

Mike Wallace

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I think anybody in our - in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.

Michael Mullen

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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to that huge number of people writing here when there are so few people writing about somewhere else.

Chinua Achebe

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I grew up half in South Central and half in the San Fernando valley.

Cheech Marin

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I think there's a notion in our society, and it may be valid, that people aren't as funny when they get older. It's a stigma still attached to the rebelliousness of youth.

Phil Hartman

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