Arundhati Roy Quotes

To call someone like me a writer-activist suggests that it's not the job of a writer to write about the society in which they live. But it used to be our job.

Arundhati Roy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LiveJobMeSocietySomeoneWrite

The thing about living with any disability is that you adapt; you do what works for you.

Stella Young

YouAdaptLivingDisabilityWorks

A lot of people come up to me expecting to meet the person they have seen perform. It's not going to happen, unless my mania, my stage person, responds to them and not the real me.

Sia

PeopleMePersonMeetRealStage

If you don't have the rights, you can't do the show.

Roone Arledge

YouRightsShow

The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices.

Mike Crapo

ProblemUnfairTradeMarketCanadian

Coffee and cigarettes, that's one of my weaknesses.

Jason Behr

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I guess I was a bit of a tomboy. I liked to catch frogs in the ditch, play soccer with my brother's friends and play video games.

Jud Tylor

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There's about 260 rooms in the new castle which you go through, but it's all about the game play.

Don Bluth

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'2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry.

Denis Villeneuve

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Looks like a pretty serious race unfolding.

Wolf Blitzer

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Foreman told Ray to plead guilty and he'd then give his brother $500, if Ray didn't cause any problems at the guilty plea hearing, and he could take that $500 and hire a lawyer to set aside the plea. Foreman actually put that in writing.

William Pepper

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All we really have when we pretend to write about the future is the moment in which we are writing. That's why every imagined future obsoletes like an ice cream melting on the way back from the corner store.

William Gibson

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What I would say is that if someone faces discrimination, they should never back down. They should be self-confident and educate others not to have such an attitude.

Punit Renjen

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