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V. S. Naipaul Quotes

I read a piece of writing and within a paragraph or two I know whether it is by a woman or not.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: trinidadian
Birth: August 17, 1932

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Woman Writing Know Two Within Piece

I'm telling you, as a doctor who spent about half of his time in the office taking care of our seniors on Medicare, it is a program that intentions to work are much better than the way it's working today in terms of practicality.

Work Today Time Doctor Care Better

You'll never see the president carry his own luggage, and why? Because even though we know he has luggage, it would reduce his stature if he was too much like us. We need to think of our leaders as being above us, even though they must still relate to us.

Think You Too Much Know Why Never

Most people don't really need to hear a six-minute guitar solo that modulates between five keys and time signatures. What they want is a good song.

Good Time People Song Guitar Want

When I grew up in Cincinnati in 1974, the Board of Education set up the performing school, similar to the New York performing arts school, and it was in walking distance from my school.

Education School New York Walking Up

Our goal in the '70s was to end the closed door era. There were so many things that were off limits to women: policing, firefighting, mining, piloting planes.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women Door Limits End Goal Things

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Fire Envy Always Like Highest Makes

Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan.

You Situation Important Say Over

When you suddenly appear on the scene and you are the new face, everything centers on you. I experienced this in my mid-20s and I found it rather hard.

Face You New Hard Everything Rather

Usher is amazing. He's perfection to me as a performer. He gets down.

Perfection Amazing Me Down He Usher

At the end of the day, I want to spend time with my daughter, and this schedule enables me to do that while still having fun hosting '106 & Park.' I'm not really eager to get back into music just yet; I'm really eager to get into another movie before I put out an album.

Music Daughter Time Day Fun Me

I love working fast. I don't relish the director who wants to do 25 to 30 takes, or the actors who insist on doing 25 or 30 takes.

Love Doing Fast Director Working

The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

Pope John XXIII

Alone Trust Peace Equality True

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