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Kayvan Novak Quotes

I look at my early career, and you know, when I left drama school, for a young Asian actor, you could either play a doctor on 'Holby City,' or you could play a terrorist in 'Spooks' and get to wear a nice shiny suit.

Kayvan Novak

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actor
Nationality: english
Birth: November 23, 1978

Topics

School City Doctor You Look Early

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

John B. S. Haldane

God Great Fire Flying Insult Been

Dostoevsky is such a bad writer it is hard to take him seriously as a novelist, though he is a wonderful philosopher.

John Banville

Bad Seriously Hard Him Wonderful He

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

Ann Richards

Life Strong You Look Back Feelings

As I have gotten older, I am more of an independent woman, and my mom and I have our own lives, but we are still best friends and can be there for each other.

Amanda Fuller

Best Woman I Am Mom Friends More

Scientists are skeptics. It's unfortunate that the word 'skeptic' has taken on other connotations in the culture involving nihilism and cynicism. Really, in its pure and original meaning, it's just thoughtful inquiry.

Michael Shermer

Culture Meaning Thoughtful Pure Just

I will only observe, that that ethereal sense - sight, and touch, which is at the other extremity of the scale, have from time acquired a very remarkable additional power.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

Power Time Will Touch Sight Sense

I can picture it now, where I grew and me playing in the cage where I used to play. To see what I've achieved and where I've been, the countries I've seen, tournaments I've played in, players I've played against, it's incredible.

Ashley Cole

Me Picture I Can Play Now See

I figured my wife was about to start law school. If that whole baseball pitching thing didn't work out, I had something to fall back on. I figure I'd put a ring on her finger. Turns out she was the smart one. Turns out she was the gold digger, not me.

Tim Hudson

Work Wife School Baseball Smart Law

A dark, fantastic adventure set in an alternate 1900s Asia, 'Monstress' is buried deep in the supernatural. It's a story I've wanted to tell for a long time - it just took me awhile to put all the pieces together.

Marjorie Liu

Time Together Adventure Me Deep

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

Len Wein

Fire Always Out Rays Wanted

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability... When the leader demonstrates vulnerability and sensibility and brings people together, the team wins.

Howard Schultz

Leader Together People Team Being

The thing I always tell my writing students - I'm not a full-time instructor, by any means, but periodically I've taught writing students - what I always tell them is that the most important thing in narrative nonfiction is that you not only have to have all the research; you have to have about 100% more than you need.

Erik Larson

Research Writing You Important Need