Arundhati Roy Quotes

I don't want to play these games of statistics any more; I have done that. I don't want to be imprisoned by that, or by the morality that is expected of activists. I have never been that pristine person, that role model.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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People are not recognisable, but places have to be recognisable.

Ann Robinson

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I just never wanted to be in a position where I wouldn't be able to walk down the street holding my partner's hand.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

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There are three things on my piano - my Best Villainess award, my Grammy, and my Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame statue.

Michelle Phillips

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I say 'spectacle' rather than 'story' because in the end, it isn't the intricacies of narrative that draw us to horror films. When it's there, I'm grateful for the director's skill at telling an exquisitely nuanced tale filled with psychological insight, but it is the spectacles that I take home with me.

Clive Barker

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I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt.

Chris O'Dowd

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I have a lot of energy. Energy's a very huge thing in our family. None of us need caffeine; we're just high-energy people.

Poppy Delevingne

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To summarize, the particular song a male sings, and the behavioral responses of females to song and morphological signals, are not genetically inherited in a fixed manner but are determined by learning early in life.

Peter R. Grant

LifeLearningSongEarlyDetermined

I think that, like the show 'Game of Thrones,' our fascination with power struggles is pretty unanimous.

Pedro Pascal

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Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Reinhold Niebuhr

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I saw what politics did to the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and I would defend the right of a sportsman to go and play and perform where they want.

Lynn Davies

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I feel like this is the way I was meant to interact with acting. Which is as a director, and helping, working with actors to find their way. Facilitating their performances is so satisfying for me.

Lynn Shelton

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The truth is, I would do anything for Alan Rudolph. If he asked me to stand on my head and spit wooden nickels, I would. I love him. I loved working with him.

Lesley Ann Warren

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