Arundhati Roy Quotes

Sometimes I think the world is divided into those who have a comfortable relationship with power and those who have a naturally adversarial relationship with power.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

RelationshipPowerWorldThinkWho

CNN can still afford 36 bureaus around the world.

Jim Walton

WorldStillAroundAffordCNN

I talk a lot, and that is probably exhausting.

Jodie Whittaker

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Pirate ships were built for stealth and invisibility. They filed no manifests with any agency or government. When they went missing or sunk, nobody went looking for them. They simply disappeared into the ether.

Robert Kurson

GovernmentLookingNobodyPirate

I would have to say honestly I was very pleased to be in a film whether it was good or bad with De Niro, Norton and Brando even if I don't have any scenes with them, I thought it was pretty good company to keep.

Angela Bassett

GoodThoughtGood CompanyBadSay

I was joking the other day that I'm American UKIP.

Jeff Duncan

DayAmericanOtherJoking

Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.

Sophocles

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If you turn a smiling face on the world, you've got a chance of finishing up a good-looking old person.

Rolf Harris

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Arguably, there's an emotional side of life that I'm not always completely plugged into.

Louis Theroux

LifeAlwaysEmotionalSideArguably

I knew where people were sleeping in the hallways, you know, instead of doing their job. I knew what systems weren't working.

Judy Sheindlin

JobPeopleDoingYouKnowSleeping

In America, when you hear about the Underground Railroad, it's so evocative. You think it's a literal subway for a few minutes before your teacher goes on and describes where it actually was.

Colson Whitehead

TeacherThinkAmericaYouRailroad

I think people assume I only do light things because of the movies that are like 'Hairspray' and 'John Tucker Must Die.' But I think it's all just based on material that I really like and that speaks to me.

Brittany Snow

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I think I used to be lower maintenance. I think I'm slowly becoming higher maintenance.

Alison Brie

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