Arundhati Roy Quotes

Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn't be communal riots, everybody should love each other, there shouldn't be boundaries or fundamentalism. But I think literature is more than that; these are political views which most of us hold anyway.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: November 24, 1961

Topics

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Before borrowing money from a friend it's best to decide which you need most.

Joe Moore

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I think, from a really early age, I just wanted to be an actress. And I ended up doing comedy because it was the thing that kind of, like, came out of my nature the most easily. But, I've always wanted to do as many different kinds of performances - whatever I could.

Jenny Slate

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For me, it's about trying to be the best in a sport where there's little room for error.

Andre Ward

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We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure.

Shirin Ebadi

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I sat next to Carl Bernstein throughout Watergate, and Woodward would come over, and they would argue everything out, so I was really tuned into what happened.

Ronald Kessler

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There were a few models who used to stay close to my building. I used to admire them and tell my friends that I did. Those models told me get into modeling.

Juhi Chawla

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Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Joseph Epstein

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Kathy Bates is sexy. It's partly because of her talent, but she's got a great face, and a great laugh.

Denis Leary

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'Naked' kind of kicked me off into the film world. It just so happens that all of the things that I have been offered have been films, and I've enjoyed the travel that goes along with that.

David Thewlis

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When I showed up at UH, my hair was past my waist. I had a goatee. I wasn't a theater geek; I wasn't an actor. But Cecil Pickett molded me and taught me.

Brett Cullen

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I've proven I can hang in there, go through adversity, and pull tricks out of the bag.

Brian Ortega

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When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.

Annabelle Selldorf

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