Bharati Mukherjee Quotes

I am an American, not an Asian-American. My rejection of hyphenation has been called race treachery, but it is really a demand that America deliver the promises of its dream to all its citizens equally.

Bharati Mukherjee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: July 27, 1940

Topics

I AmPromisesAmericanRejection

Either the law exists, or it does not.

Andre Norton

LawEitherDoesExists

The one thing emphasized in any creative writing course is 'write what you know,' and that automatically drives a wooden stake through the heart of imagination. If they really understood the mysterious process of creating fiction, they would say, 'You can write about anything you can imagine.'

Tom Robbins

HeartImaginationCreativeWriting

Where I'm from, Bastrop, Louisiana, you played football, basketball, and baseball; you ran track - and that was about it.

Ronnie Coleman

FootballBaseballBasketballYouRan

I don't remember my first trip, but I do remember when my mom took me to Disney World in Orlando. It wasn't the rides but Epcot Center that most fascinated me. It made me want to see those countries that are represented there for real.

Lisa Ling

MeMomWorldRememberWantSee

I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.

Dick Cheney

HeartSurviveThinkFeelHospital

Everyone is different, and so I don't want to repeat anyone else's career. I want to do mine.

Diego Luna

CareerWantEveryoneRepeatMine

That's what I love about Nashville and the music community - seeing kids around acoustic music and bluegrass picking parties is the best.

Dierks Bentley

LoveMusicCommunityBestSeeing

When I started my hotel company, Joie de Vivre, at the age of 26, I saw this venture as my ticket to freedom.

Chip Conley

AgeFreedomHotelCompanyStarted

I think that technology is always invented for historical reasons, to solve a historical problem. But they very soon reveal themselves to be capable of doing things that aren't historical that nobody had ever thought of doing before.

Brian Eno

TechnologyThinkThoughtProblem

Our first priority should be to protect the homeland. If we don't, a future generation might ask, 'Who lost America?'

Bob Beckel

FutureGenerationAmericaLostFirst

I don't like sweating the details, and I'm pretty disorganized. To be a better leader, I need to stay on top of these shortcomings, and being reminded really helps.

Scott Weiss

LeaderDetailsBetterTopNeedStay

Capitalism, racism and inhuman technocracy quietly develop in their own way. The causes of misery are no longer to be found in the inner attitudes of men, but have long been institutionalized.

Jurgen Moltmann

MenRacismCapitalismLongWayOwn

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