Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes

To achieve important things, we have to sacrifice what's important to us. That's an idea that's very central to Indian thinking.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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First ladies, you know, we look at Michelle Obama, and we look at most first ladies, and they seem like they have it all. You know, they live in the White House, they go to state dinners, they ride on Air Force One, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. But first ladies do often feel that they are given short shrift or forgotten or left at the margins.

Jodi Kantor

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The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.

John Griffin Carlisle

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If there's one thing I've learned after a lifetime of dining on delicacies like blood pudding, sea squirts, and camel kidneys, even folks who wouldn't come within 100 yards of a Cambodian tarantula want to hear what it's like to chomp on one!

Andrew Zimmern

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'The Last Five Years,' we sang almost everything live. When we're in a convertible on the West Side Highway, there was no point - it's not going to be usable sound. But any time we were indoors, we were singing live.

Anna Kendrick

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Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.

Andy Weir

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I feel like Prince's artistry inspired me as far as staying true to myself and my artistry and what is important to me in my life and applying, you know, all the things that I ever been through into my music, the same way he kinda did in 'Purple Rain.'

Ro James

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'Teen Beach Movie' was a lot of fun because we were in Puerto Rico on an island - you can't even call it work!

Ross Lynch

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I don't approach a role by saying I'll be unsavory or unlikable.

Michael Rooker

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Any actor worth his salt is looking for truth, the core of truth of the particular situation he is portraying, of that play. The playwright, the actors and the audience, that's what we're all there seeking. When it's working, time is destroyed. Sometimes 'Moon,' a play of four hours, would go by in a snap of the fingers.

Jason Robards

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Only Congress can treat the gaping wound that is our broken immigration system.

Jared Polis

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I can accept defeat, but I love to win and be competitive. It is my job, and I love it.

Diego Costa

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Once I retire, I would definitely love to be a DJ. That would be fun.

Chris Harris, Jr.

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