Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Quotes

India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Recitation: by Male by Female

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TruthCulturePrideIndiaTheme

I remember lying on the floor of my room, staring at a black-and-white television for most of the '80s - watching 'Diff'rent Strokes,' 'Facts of Life,' 'Silver Spoons,' Saturday morning cartoons, and 'Murder, She Wrote' while eating an insane amount of Stouffer's French bread pizza. I was sucked into it all.

Jim Rash

LifeMorningPizzaEatingFacts

When I see professional clowns, mimes, or people who makes ballon animals, I think of their relatives and how disappointed they must be.

Jimmy Fallon

PeopleThinkProfessionalAnimals

On the weekends, some people garden; I slice salmon.

Jerry Della Femina

PeopleGardenSome PeopleWeekends

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature.

Robert Redford

LifeNatureSportsFishingYourself

Creatively, I thought we were still viable and could do more records. But our working relationship just wasn't happening at all, and our chemistry as people broke down because of that.

Matt Cameron

RelationshipPeopleThoughtDown

Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece.

Siobhan Davies

IdeasWeekBackMy OwnTwiceOwn

I have always been against the gangster as hero.

Ruby Dee

HeroGangsterAlwaysAgainstBeen

Math and reading are my only weaknesses - other than that, I'm perfect.

Judah Friedlander

ReadingPerfectWeaknessesOnlyThan

I like all kinds of music. I hope you do, too.

Don Lemon

MusicHopeYouKindsLikeToo

But, you know, all good rock is easy.

Courtney Love

GoodEasyYouKnowRock

In the past I've been very into the falling part, very into the swimming in the dark, deep emotional water. 'Rampart' I really went into it and it took me three times as long to get out of that depression as it did to just do the scenes. I had to learn to give it my all and then go home and laugh.

Brie Larson

HomeWaterDepressionPastSwimming

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

Pearl S. Buck

FearPeopleSocietyYoungPossible

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