Mira Nair Quotes

I immediately was captured by 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist.' It gave me a springboard into contemporary Pakistan and a dialogue between Pakistan and the rest of the world.

Mira Nair

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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My dad was born in 1909, my mother in 1914, I believe. Their life experiences were different than younger parents, so I grew up with a different perspective.

Joe R. Lansdale

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My job involves a lot of sitting on aeroplanes and a lot of walking in high heels! I find yoga helps with both.

Anja Rubik

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That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism: the easy metaphors!

Michael Connelly

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Even though many Indians can read or speak English, for most, it is not their first language. At the office, we speak in English, but we consume our culture in our own language.

Amish Tripathi

CultureSpeakLanguageFirstOffice

When I go and teach, it sort of opens me up in some way. And when you're open, you're more receptive.

Stephen Frears

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At extreme distances, there is essentially no such thing as depth of field.

Trevor Paglen

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I didn't know it at the time, but Hitch didn't want to talk to me - he hated meeting with people he might have to reject. As it turned out, someone, maybe his agent, insisted that he interview me.

Joseph Stefano

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If you do what you love, it is the best way to relax.

Christian Louboutin

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In 1966, I bought my parents a carriage clock for their silver wedding anniversary. It was last wound 30 years later, in December 1996, the month my father died.

Clive Sinclair

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One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.

Arthur Henderson

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I enjoyed the theatrics and the physical demands of everything that went on in the ring. But I was, initially, a relatively shy kid. I think that's probably what attracted me to hunting is that it was such a polar opposite of the other, and it was that opportunity for peace and quiet and to decompress.

Shawn Michaels

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What do I geek out over? I mean, totally, I geek out over Hanson. Duh.

Nikki Reed

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