Arundhati Roy Quotes

Caste is about dividing people up in ways that preclude every form of solidarity, because even in the lowest castes, there are divisions and sub-castes, and everyone's co-opted into the business of this hierarchical, silo-ised society.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

BusinessPeopleSocietySolidarity

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.

Jim Mattis

SittingPresidentNutsSeeAllies

I don't sleep, but I've got two little kids that don't sleep, either.

Melissa McCarthy

SleepTwoLittleGotKidsEither

The future is, of course, imaginary - an unreal place that I create from my expectations, which are made from my remembered experiences, especially repeated experiences.

Siri Hustvedt

FutureExpectationsPlaceCreate

It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by a dying badger.

Tom Holt

GirlBeautifulEveningDyingOut

What, do you think I'm here to be second place, brother?

Tory Lanez

BrotherThinkYouPlaceSecond Place

The uproar of the late '60s - the antiwar movement, black riots, angry women. It was a wonderful time.

Molly Ivins

WomenTimeAngryBlackLateRiots

I'm basically turning my apartment into an armory.

Luke Evans

ApartmentTurningBasically

You do T.V. and movies to make the money, and then you do theatre for the love of it.

Josh Hamilton

LoveMoneyTheatreYouMoviesMake

I'm kind of a brown-rice hippy. I don't think I'd have much success if I tried a dinner party, but I'm not going to have one, and I've never been invited to one, and that's just fine.

Chrissie Hynde

SuccessDinnerThinkPartyKind

I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'

Cindy Sherman

CharacterFoolPeopleMeThinkSay

Some people break promises for the pleasure of breaking them.

William Hazlitt

PeoplePromisesSome PeopleBreak

The fact that I'm shouting that I have Gangnam style makes people crack up. Imagine if Brad Pitt was singing the song - would it be funny? A twist is important when it comes to writing lyrics.

Psy

FunnyStylePeopleSingingSongUp

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