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V. S. Naipaul Quotes

The reason is that they define how I have gone about my business. I have trusted to intuition. I did it at the beginning. I do it even now. I have no idea how things might turn out, where in my writing I might go next.

V. S. Naipaul

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Business Beginning Writing Go Now

I have a 48-hour rule. No drinking two days before a start. But those other days? Yes, I'm gonna go out. If I was locked up in my house all week, I don't know what I'd be like on the baseball field.

Matt Harvey

Baseball Start Week House Go Know

In 1998, I set up and directed a research group at the Nanotechnology Institute newly created in the Research Center of Karlsruhe. This allowed to offer to former post-doctoral coworkers the opportunity to develop and to progressively set up independent research activities in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Jean-Marie Lehn

Opportunity Research Group Up Center

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra.

Stephen Sondheim

Believe Chance Story You Acting

I'm lucky that most of the time I'm on location in amazing places. Most of the time, I don't need holidays, I just stop working.

Stephanie Beacham

Time Amazing Holidays Stop Lucky

The framing of how we relate to each other within and across social media platforms will continue to become more sophisticated and nuanced in their expression of how we structure our relationships in our real world lives.

Simon Mainwaring

Social Media World Media Will Become

Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.

Robin Williams

Food Green You More Cotton Cook

President Obama has not only failed to uphold several of our nation's laws, he has vowed to continue to do so in order to enact his unpopular agenda.

Ron DeSantis

President Nation Order Laws Continue

A judge sworn to decide impartially can offer no forecasts, no hints, for that would show not only disregard for the specifics of the particular case, it would display disdain for the entire judicial process.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Process Judge Decide Show Judicial

Everybody has called Pop Art 'American' painting, but it's actually industrial painting.

Roy Lichtenstein

Art Painting American Industrial Pop

To me, death is dark, pain, grief.

Mary Roach

Grief Death Pain Me Dark

I've always been against the idea of dividing films between festival titles and popular movies. I think you can make films that are both.

Michel Hazanavicius

Think You Movies Always Against

I've had a lot of baptism by fire.

Donna Murphy

Fire Baptism Lot Had