Vikas Swarup Quotes

Twenty20 is cricket on speed. In an era of hectic lifestyles and falling attention spans, it gives spectators more drama and intensity in three hours that they would get from a whole-day match. And even though it is a heady cocktail of money, entertainment and media, at its core it is cricket.

Vikas Swarup

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I would write these novels about bullies in school: 'The Bullies: a Novel.'

Andrew Sean Greer

SchoolWriteWouldNovelBullies

I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small details, from saving pennies and polishing each one of them to washing my clothing over and over in the washing machine.

Andy Behrman

SleepThoughtsBrainSmallEndOver

It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.

Aneurin Bevan

ExperienceWillRuleWhoAxiomAges

Reading books might itself be a bit weird, but obviously okay, since books were part of school, and doing well in school was clearly a good thing. But comics were more like candy, just flashy wrappers without any nourishment. Cheap thrills.

Michael Dirda

GoodSchoolReadingWeirdDoing

What does legacy mean? I never think or go there.

Stewart Rahr

LegacyThinkGoNeverMeanDoes

You can bring down governments, you can do a lot of things that are in your own interests even though liberals will get very antsy when you start talking about it.

Tom Tancredo

StartTalkingYouDownWillOwn

Every scene is a challenge. There are technical challenges, but often it's the simplest challenge where you feel a sense of achievement when you pull it off.

Roger Deakins

ChallengeAchievementChallengesYou

I think the pressure gets to me when I play shows and there's more people in the audience than I'm used to.

Mitski

PeopleMeThinkPressurePlayMore

I think the reason why people loved 'Jem' in the '80s was because it kind of gave them this story of a place to fit in. It's about finding your place.

Scooter Braun

PeopleStoryThinkLovedFinding

A jury of my countrymen, it is true, have found me guilty of the crime of which I stood indicted. For this I entertain not the slightest feeling of resentment towards them.

Thomas Francis Meagher

MeFeelingGuiltyTrueCrimeJury

I like any good game. I don't care what the genre is.

Tim Schafer

GoodGameCareLikeGenreAny

The PC way of handling culture has been to not talk about it. But we should be talking about it.

Kenya Barris

CultureTalkingWayTalkBeenPC

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