Michael Ondaatje Quotes

The last three books are much more a case of a moment of history, what happened almost by accident or coincidence, like being in the same elevator or lifeboat.

Michael Ondaatje

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.

Joanna Newsom

KeyPlayChangesSongsSmallerHarp

Like most people, I had several awakenings.

Jidenna

PeopleLikeMostHadSeveral

I don't want to be a celebrity.

Jerry Springer

WantCelebrity

Instrumental music can be about anything. It's about a mood, and I usually title my instrumental songs long after they're written. Sometimes I figure out the titles when I'm doing the CD package, and that's very common for a lot of people who write instrumental music.

Jenny Scheinman

MusicPeopleDoingLongSometimes

I think it was really important for me before I 'debuted myself' in front of the world to have a private life with my imagination and my writing for several years. That also made it so I didn't feel desperate for someone to find me.

Jenny Zhang

LifeMyselfImaginationMeWorld

I have less to do with 'The Simpsons' every season, but I stick my nose in here and there. Basically, it's just trying to keep the characters consistent and making sure the show has a soul.

Matt Groening

SoulTryingNoseStickHereSure

Strangely enough, through all those school years I decided at 13 or 14 I was going to be a musician and so school was just something to get out of the way, a waste of time and not to bother with it.

Alvin Lee

TimeSchoolEnoughWayYearsOut

I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.

Miranda Otto

ForwardLookSurePlenty

I never used to like how big my hands were because I hadn't grown into them yet.

Lucky Blue Smith

HandsNeverBigUsedBecauseLike

Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion.

Dianne Feinstein

TodayActionThinkKeyBodyReady

Yet, Puerto Rico's economic convergence and political integration with the rest of the nation is in a state of arrest - even though the island has been within the national borders, political system and customs territory of the U.S. for a century.

Dick Thornburgh

RestPoliticalIslandBordersWithin

I would read fishing reports on the road and then it just occurred to me: I should go to sea school and get my captain's license, see if I can get paid to be out here every day.

Dean Ween

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