Arundhati Roy Quotes

Do you think that the people of South Africa, or anywhere on the continent of Africa, or India, or Pakistan are longing to be kicked around all over again?

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleThinkYouIndiaAfricaOver

I'm an older woman who's not going to have a shiny pop song ever again, so that gives me license to do whatever the hell I want.

Jill Sobule

WomanMeSongHellWantWhatever

I live on a big old Dutch barge by Tower Hill on the Thames.

Jo Cox

LiveHillOldTowerBigDutch

Men mess up. Women create this big illusion in their head that the man they're going to be with is going to be perfect. Nobody's going to be perfect, and people are going to let you down. The only thing that you can hope for is someone that's going to be honest with you.

Jessica White

WomenHopeMenManPeopleSomeone

The beauty of it is when you can just show up and hit the notes.

John Lone

BeautyYouUpNotesShowJust

For myself, I warmly thank the Nobel Foundation and the Committee for Chemistry for this mark of their approbation and for an award which confers the highest distinction that a scientist can achieve. I am greatly beholden also to my sponsors and supporters.

Robert Robinson

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I eat really clean and really simple: brown rice, a quinoa bowl, grilled fish, veggies, a big salad.

Amber Valletta

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I'm not an expert or a trained ballistician. But it is a subject I've studied intently for 50 years, so I may know a thing or two. In my opinion, the JFK investigation was poorly handled.

Stephen Hunter

OpinionKnowTwoYearsExpertMay

It's sad when you can't make everyone happy, though. It's impossible but, at the same time, you still hope. You think, 'Maybe I can do it,' but you know you can't. But gosh, if I had to rely on giving people what they wanted, I would have had to write 40 billion different books and even then, I wouldn't get it right.

Stephenie Meyer

HopeSadTimeHappyPeopleThink

The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name.

Sophia Amoruso

GirlBrandNameEverythingModern

I have a big problem with piped music. I like either silence or to listen to it properly.

Sting

MusicSilenceProblemListenBig

With 'Dawson's Creek,' I wasn't a fan of '90210,' and that wasn't particularly my genre of show. 'Fringe,' on the other hand, is right up my alley.

Joshua Jackson

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So I submit to my colleagues here today that hydrogen is not as far away as we think it is.

Bob Inglis

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