Mira Nair Quotes

'Queen of Katwe' is an absolutely true story. And it's wonderful. But it's not about saviors. Your only savior is yourself - but yourself with your community. It's never alone. You have to have someone who believes in you.

Mira Nair

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: October 15, 1957

Topics

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The novel is resilient, and so are novelists.

John Banville

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Real change is always violent, but it may hurt a lot less than what's in place before the violence occurs.

John Edgar Wideman

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With the areas which have no oil, the idea is to create industry and jobs.

Stef Wertheimer

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I never was a person who wanted a handout. I was a cafeteria worker. I'm not too proud to ask the Best Western manager to give me a job. I have cleaned homes.

Shirley Jackson

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We fear the thing we want the most.

Robert Anthony

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I've been very lucky, getting to travel the world with professional photographers. I'd grab their equipment, get a few lessons, and start firing shots.

Rob Machado

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I eventually made the reunion with my father that I'd used as a default daydream throughout my childhood, but by then, we'd both outgrown the only relationship we could have had to each other. I was over 30 by the time I met him again and no longer needed a father.

Mona Simpson

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In the inhalation and exhalation there is an energy and a lively divine spirit, since He, through his spirit supports the breath of life, giving courage to the people who are in the earth and spirit to those who walk on it.

Michael Servetus

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I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.

Jason Aldean

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Actually - and ironically - people aren't really interested in a new brand form or flavor as much as they are interested in how a brand can change, impact, or improve their lives. They want brands around them that make them feel special and provide some social cache or confidence.

Debbie Millman

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The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

William Jennings Bryan

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For some people, marriage may be very groovy. For me, it really isn't. I don't think it really is for most people anyway. Most people are not very happy.

Marianne Faithfull

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