V. S. Naipaul Quotes

I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.

V. S. Naipaul

Recitation: by Male by Female

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StartFindUnderstandWillShape

Storytelling enables us to play out decisions before we make them, to plan routes before we take them, to work out the campaign before we start the war, to rehearse the phrases we're going to use to please or placate our wives and husbands.

Jim Crace

WorkWarStartDecisionsPlanPlay

In 'Bayou Magic,' I bring in the cultural tradition of African mermaids - Mami Wata, the mother goddesses.

Jewell Parker Rhodes

MotherTraditionMagicBringAfrican

I worked hard. I worked late. I went in early. I did everything I could to gain an advantage.

Joe Theismann

EarlyLateHardEverythingGainDid

Beauty is health. Health is beauty.

Andre Leon Talley

BeautyHealth

I'm a human just like anyone else, and I understand that, so at the end of the day, you've got to stay humble.

Max Holloway

HumbleDayEnd Of The DayEndYou

To become mindfully aware of our surroundings is to bring our thinking back to our present moment reality and to the possibility of some semblance of serenity in the face of circumstances outside our ability to control.

Jeff Kober

MomentControlFaceThinkingReality

I was always in love with the idea of making music - and always wanted to be involved in either the creative side or the industry side.

Amber Mark

LoveMusicCreativeAlwaysSide

What you feel inside reflects on your face. So be happy and positive all the time.

Sridevi

PositiveTimeHappyBe HappyFace

Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation.

Robert Foster Bennett

TimeStupidityLookingYouAlmost

To be happy is, I guess, the most important thing in life.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

LifeHappyBe HappyImportantMost

I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed, and he said, 'Well, first there's $10,000.' I asked him, 'Can I pay it in installments?'

Johnny Gimble

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Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.

CM Punk

HeartSayRealEverything

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