Vikram Seth Quotes

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.

Vikram Seth

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: June 20, 1952

Topics

LanguageBecauseEnglishGetBeen

I worked on 'USA Today' as a topic for while. I tried to do something on hand chairs, chairs that look like hands. I really tried. But some topics are not truly universal.

Jim Gaffigan

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'Pride' is my first film with a happy ending. Before, I naively thought they were a cop-out, but now I've come to believe that happy endings and wish fulfilment are an incredibly important part of our cultural life.

Joe Wright

LifeHappyEndingBelieveThought

I think that freedom of speech is just that, and groups have the right to support or oppose issues that are going to affect them as well as individuals do.

Matt Rosendale

FreedomSupportThinkSpeechRight

Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.

Amal Clooney

UpDissentReduceDoesLocking

If I see an actor in a role that is really terrifying, no matter how many times I meet him socially, I'm still frightened of him. I think he's going to hit me.

Tom Stoppard

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One of the things I really like about racing is that you can't fake it. As an actor, everything is fake. You're always trying to convince people you can do something you can't. And that's the opposite of racing. The stopwatch never lies.

Robert Carradine

PeopleFakeRacingTryingYouActor

People begin to resent the rich only when they conclude that the system is rigged.

Rupert Murdoch

PeopleRichBeginSystemOnly

Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.

Douglas Conant

LearningSuccessWinCelebrateKey

Mothers need mothers. Let's be there for one another.

Christy Turlington

NeedMothersAnother

I feel very privileged to have reached so many kids because a life without stories, without the power of books, would be a very grey world, it's good to add colour.

Anthony Horowitz

LifeGoodPowerWorldFeelGrey

I think the sound of 'The Infamous' came naturally from our lifestyle and some of the criminal things we were doing. We always rap about what we're living, and to put a beat to lyrics like those is hard.

Prodigy

ThinkDoingLifestyleLivingHard

I think people generally are lost, as they keep thinking about what is going to happen and what they have done. They are not alive anymore. The art of listening is missing. In their head, they are doing something else.

Sushant Singh Rajput

ArtPeopleListeningThinkThinking

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