Bharati Mukherjee Quotes

I have to put down roots where I decide to stay. It wasn't enough for me to be an expatriate Indian in Canada. If I can't feel that I can make social, political and emotional commitments to a place, I have to find another place.

Bharati Mukherjee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

Jimmy Wales

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I really like Derek Hough.

Jodie Sweetin

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That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'

Jenny Zhang

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I am thoroughly enjoying spending the majority of my time with entrepreneurs. I find that their enthusiasm, dedication, willingness to take huge risks and desire to make a dramatic impact quite inspiring.

Maynard Webb

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Instead of using the machine as a metaphor for architecture, as Le Corbusier did, I use the human body. I want the public to know that it's them I'm designing for.

Michael Graves

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Mike Nichols asked if I would do The Birdcage. Mike and I are dear friends but he had never offered me a feature role in a movie. My television career opened other doors for me.

Christine Baranski

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The projects that I've been fortunate enough to do are all projects where I followed my heart. I didn't follow the money or the names. It's all about reflecting my life and my art.

Brian Tyree Henry

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We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want a family so we'll have to start thinking about that.

Prince William

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Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

Phil Collins

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I've never revved my car at a light for an attractive woman or an auto-rival, not even as a joke.

Penn Jillette

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What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal.

Sheri S. Tepper

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We have a country that is $5 a gallon gas, $4 a gallon gas, we got unbearable unemployment and a federal government that is out of control. We have to take back this country and we've got to get off the sidelines and take it to President Obama.

Tim Pawlenty

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