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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes

To some extent, I draw on what I see around me; in other places, I imagine what I write.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: indian
Birth: 1956

Topics

Me Places Write See I See Imagine

I think there are very few people that I would give the title of genius to, really, but Beethoven unquestionably is one of them.

People Think Genius Give Would Few

The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college.

Great College Win Graduation Back

I wanted to quit the industry when I was eighteen and finish '70s', finish my contract on the show and go to college because I was pretty convinced that after '70s' and after being on a show for eight years that I would be very much pigeonholed for something specific that I didn't want to be a part of anymore.

College Go Want Quit Finish Years

When I sing, I have a sense of peace, I feel like my brain turns off, and I become the core person of who I am - the essence of me. I feel connected to whatever is out there. It's almost like I leave my body and get to watch.

Michelle Branch

Peace I Am Me Brain Feel Body

When I was a child, I went to stage school three times a week in the evenings - singing, ballet, tap, modern and acting, and I loved it.

Michelle Dockery

School Child Singing Loved Acting

I already had top 10 records before 'Sunshine Superman,' with 'Catch the Wind' and 'Colors,' but this was a real breakthrough for me. It was a consciousness change for songwriting, as people are now saying I initiated the psychedelic revolution with this album, 'Sunshine Superman.'

Change Sunshine People Wind Colors

As an astronaut, especially during launch, half of the risk of a six-month flight is in the first nine minutes.

Space Flight Risk First Launch Half

I had told my agents that I didn't want to do television. I can't believe I had that gall, looking back on it. I would never condescend to do TV, and then 'Taxi' called up for a guest spot in the first season. And my common sense kind of took over, I guess.

Christopher Lloyd

Looking Back Looking Believe Back

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.

Best Acceptance People Think Earning

You wanna do a lot of backstory for your character - as an actor, you wanna research that. But on the show, it's fun to remain in that naive place as you go along, and be able to continue to discover things about your character as the writers come up with them.

Character Fun Research You Place Go

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

Music Cocktail Accepted Wallpaper

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

God Wise Fly Heaven Earth Possible

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