Vikas Swarup Quotes

Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.

Vikas Swarup

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The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake.

Jessica Lange

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The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'

John Benjamin Hickey

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Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, who founded Lenny Books together, also happen to have exquisite reading tastes - from obscure small press poetry chapbook to dishy memoirs to literary novels - and so it's a real honor that they've chosen to announce their imprint with my stories.

Jenny Zhang

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There was a period of time when they estimated the two biggest stars in Hollywood were Charlie Chaplin and Mickey Mouse.

John Lasseter

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Jon Tester continues to tell Montanans one thing and then votes the other way when he's back in Washington D.C.

Matt Rosendale

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I do not really write for children: I write only for me and for the few people I hope to please, and I write for the story.

Sonya Hartnett

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When I was young I wanted to be a gymnast. I used to compete at it, but then I grew too tall.

Miranda Kerr

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Oh, I love to read more than anything. I always love the 'New Stories From the South' anthologies - I think it's the best short fiction collection anywhere, just filled with treasures.

Lucy Alibar

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I didn't feel a strong bond with the parents who raised me, and I had anything but a happy childhood. My mother was overly sensitive; my father, ascetic. I was neither. I felt as if I were living with complete strangers. I suspect that my parents felt the same way.

Lisa Lutz

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Let me first state that I believe that marriage is a sacred union between one man and one woman.

Judy Biggert

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You know what I like to do on a Sunday morning? Clean my house. I really enjoy it; it's my ritual. I require tidiness, actually. I have to have everything spotless before I can relax.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film.

Boman Irani

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