V. S. Naipaul Quotes

I became very interested in the Islamic question, and thought I would try to understand it from the roots, ask very simple questions and somehow make a narrative of that discovery.

V. S. Naipaul

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But if you think you aren't creative that's cool, too. I think being around people who aren't creative is kind of refreshing and nice.

Joel Hodgson

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A lot of people forget that the origin of science fiction in the U.S. was in the post-First World War period when there was a real interest to get people into technical careers.

Robert J. Sawyer

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I have never known the time when I did not wear stays. My stays are part of me.

Anna Held

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It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz.

Stephen Dorff

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What is wrong with the Iranians in addition to the nuclear bomb? This is the only country on Earth in the 21st century that has renewed imperialistic ambitions. They really want to become the hegemon of the Middle East in an age that gave up imperialism.

Shimon Peres

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Life is a series of collisions with the future; it is not the sum of what we have been, but what we yearn to be.

Jose Ortega y Gasset

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After I outlined 'Catering to Nobody,' I went and worked for a caterer. And the other thing I had to do was to talk to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department about how they investigated a crime.

Diane Mott Davidson

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I love Monet: his 'Water Lilies' would look great on my wall. But would I prefer to see money helping kids get better from cancer rather than spending it on a work of art for my own personal indulgence? Yes, I probably would.

Bonnie Langford

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I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.

Alistair Overeem

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My sole recreations consist in dancing English hornpipes and cutting capers. Italy is a land of sleep; I am always drowsy here.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book.

Phil Foglio

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My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.

Poppy Z. Brite

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