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V. S. Naipaul Quotes

To be converted you have to destroy your past, destroy your history. You have to stamp on it, you have to say 'my ancestral culture does not exist, it doesn't matter.'

V. S. Naipaul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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History Culture Past You Say Matter

My mom would have liked it that I patterned myself more after Jimmy Reed.

Jimmy Smith

Myself Mom More Would Liked After

What the voters told us in the 2010 election was that they wanted a change. And I believe a moderate approach with a dedication to working across the aisle, something I know is important to both me and Congressman Shuler, is the best way forward.

Joe Donnelly

Change Best Dedication Me Believe

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do.

Jeremy Bentham

Nature Alone Pain Two Pleasure Out

You see guys that have been in the league for a long time and have taken that opportunity to not only make their game better but to make the people around them better. And to help them know things that maybe you wish you had known.

Andrew Whitworth

Opportunity Time People Game Better

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

Andy Rooney

Men Law Equal Though Created Should

The people who work in Wall Street still look up to Gordon Gekko. He's sort of a guru.

Michael Douglas

Work People Look Wall Street Up

My friends and family are amazed I've done so well. I was not a model student. No one expected that I'd build a Fortune 500 company at Symantec.

John W. Thompson

Family Friends And Family Friends

The way that customers pay businesses is constantly evolving. Instead of paying with paper, like cash and checks, businesses are expected to accept a variety of payment methods ranging from credit cards to digital payments.

John Rampton

Credit Cards Accept Way Digital Pay

I don't know if there are words to describe my motivation.

Lorrie Fair

Words Motivation Know Describe

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

Lisa Guerrero

Style Humor Personality Expectations

I grew really fast. It's true I went from 5'6" to 6'1" in six months in 8th grade. By the end of 8th grade, I was 6'1". Everyone was freaking out.

Dot Jones

End Fast True Everyone Out Six

Sometimes the books most restrained about sex, even deeply scandalized by it, can whisper to us with the greatest hidden force. I am a huge admirer of the recently deceased, always underranked Evan S. Connell.

Allan Gurganus

I Am Sex Sometimes Hidden Always Us