V. S. Naipaul Quotes

I always knew who I was and where I had come from. I was not looking for a home in other people's lands.

V. S. Naipaul

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HomePeopleLookingAlwaysWhere

In the fifties I had dreams about touching a naked woman and she would turn to bronze or the dream about hot dogs chasing donuts through the Lincoln Tunnel.

Robert Klein

DreamsWomanDreamHotSheNaked

Some great soups are filling and warm. So, at the four o'clock hour, when people are craving caffeine and a cookie, soup is a really great option because it fills you up and feels like a meal, so it can keep you going until dinner, but it's not hugely caloric.

Anna Kaiser

GreatPeopleDinnerSoupWarmYou

In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.

Jeff Goodell

GovernmentWinAmericanPolitical

The first 'Blade Runner' is a cool movie. It's a classic. Just to be part of the sequel was such an honor and a beautiful learning experience.

Ana de Armas

LearningBeautifulExperienceCool

I love Adele, I want her to be my best friend. She could come to the U.S., live with me and sing to me every morning.

Amber Riley

LoveFriendLiveMorningBestMe

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

Stefan Banach

BeautifulMathematicsPowerfulSpirit

If you cook something on the show, and I don't like it, I'm going to tell you. I don't understand how you could watch any of these morning shows, and everything everybody cooks is absolutely delicious. Are you kidding me, man?

Steve Harvey

MorningManMeYouUnderstandTell

There was a break in the proceedings when Peter Greste was deported, and that was considered sufficient then to allow the executive to intervene.

Amal Clooney

BreakExecutiveAllowThenPeter

Democrats' definition of 'rich' - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all.

Steve Steckler

RichCongressSalaryAlwaysWhatever

I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.

Michael Palin

CharacterPeopleMeUselessOver

Open your arms to life! Let it strut into your heart in all its messy glory!

Deborah Wiles

LifeHeartGloryMessyOpenArms

I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one of the things that women have is men.

Coco Chanel

WomenMenKnowWantWhyThings

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