Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes

I type everything on my computer. I carry a writer's notebook everywhere, in case I am struck by an idea. I forget things unless I write them down. I'm planning to learn how to dictate into my cellphone; I think that will be very helpful, too.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I've always been a firm believer that soul music never dies. The artists we still listen to today, years after their music was first heard are mostly soul artists; Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan. We still sing along to all of them with our hearts.

Jill Scott

MusicTodaySoulListenNeverFirst

All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

Jeremy Bentham

EvilPunishmentMischiefItself

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul.

Andre Maurois

AgeSoulOld AgeEvilHairGame

If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets.

Maynard James Keenan

EducationKnowledgeTelevisionRadio

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth was created, it was no longer how many people you employed, it was how much you were worth and how much your company was worth.

Anita Roddick

PeopleStock MarketWorthYouWealth

I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

Michael Jai White

MyselfBestPeopleTrainGoTry

The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinsel town would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn't be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes.

John Ridley

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Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.

Tony Campolo

InternetWaySpreadLiesEffects

I can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens.

Roger Federer

YouKnowYearsSeeFiftyStay

A worthy woman personifies the truly noble and worthwhile attributes of life.

Russell M. Nelson

LifeWomanWorthyNobleWorthwhile

I've always said, 'I am a selector, I am not defector' - the first few phrases in English I learned. I said I hate 'defector'; something defective about the people. It's a bad word.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

HateI AmPeopleBadSaidFirst

If you are strong, and you are fighting the weak for any period of time, you are going to become weak yourself. If you behave like a coward, then you are going to become cowardly - it's only a question of time.

Martin Van Creveld

TimeYourselfStrongFightingYou

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