V. S. Naipaul Quotes

Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn't fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will - with luck - come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise.

V. S. Naipaul

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When I'm not shooting, I love going on adventures with friends. I love zip-lining through rainforests and different natural habitats, and I love writing music on the side, and I love drinking coffee. I'm a big coffee drinker and go to a lot of cafes and stuff.

Max Schneider

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People were so keen to get investment. In those days, there was quite significant unemployment in Northern Ireland, and that had been the general pattern in Northern Ireland for many, many years.

John Hume

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Everyone knows that at the age of 11-12, children have a marked impulse to form themselves into groups and that the respect paid to the rules and regulations of their play constitutes an important feature of this social life.

Jean Piaget

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Jesus Christ... came into the world to vindicate the infinite worth of God's holiness which had been desecrated by our sin and which seemed... to be taken lightly because it was being passed over for nothing more than the blood of bulls.

John Piper

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Neil Simon didn't like it too much when we came out in clown makeup. We stopped doing that.

John Ritter

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Maybe it's a little ambitious of me to presume that no matter how big the film is, that I can always go down to the shop to buy a pint of milk.

Tom Hardy

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You turn people around, one person at a time.

Ron Johnson

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When I was a kid, I got sent off for head-butting a referee: I ran 50m to argue a decision, I was shown a red card, and I head-butted him. I'm really not proud of that.

Luis Suarez

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Because Olivia Newton-John wasn't from Nashville, they didn't like her winning our awards. I've got no complaints.

Loretta Lynn

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We should all be involved in the avant-garde as long as we look toward the past.

Jose Andres

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I wouldn't believe there was something 'wrong' with my son.

Didi Conn

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I come from a wrestling background but don't really use it in most of my fights.

Chuck Liddell

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