Hanya Yanagihara Quotes

No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.

Hanya Yanagihara

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Being embraced by the British people is a beautiful compliment for me. It feels very special.

John Grant

BeautifulPeopleMeComplimentBeing

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

John Ralston Saul

DemocracyFreeCapitalismRunWill

I used to be quite a big video game player at university and post-university in that weird moment in life before you have a proper job and you've got a lot of idle time.

Stephen Merchant

LifeTimeMomentJobGameWeird

In bad times, the rich usually get richer.

Stuart Wilde

RichBadBad TimesGetTimesRicher

Of course, fighting's first. That's what I do; that's what pays my bills, you know.

Stipe Miocic

FightingYouKnowFirstBillsPays

I've tried wearing more than one ring on one hand and it doesn't look good. It's overkill, I think. So I think a ring on either hand. Nine times out of ten I'll go for pinky rings, but not always.

Tom Jones

GoodThinkLookGoRingHand

As a novelist, I tend to know significantly more about my characters than I do about my friends.

Michelle Huneven

FriendsKnowMoreThanCharacters

I deal with the authors I work with, agents, and other departments of the company, talking about both the books that I'm working on and everyone else's. Then there's dealing with foreign publishers: foreigners visit all the time. People want to bounce things off the publisher, and a lot of it is encouragement.

Jonathan Galassi

WorkTimePeopleTalkingWant

Endurance is not a young person's game. I thought I might even be better at 60 than I was at 30. You have a body that's almost as strong, but you have a much better mind.

Diana Nyad

MindGameStrongThoughtBetterYou

I am such a pessimist that every project has surpassed what I envisioned.

Colin Mochrie

I AmProjectPessimistEveryAm

I play fantasy football every year.

Chuck Liddell

FootballYearPlayFantasyEvery

I don't play in tournaments, but I follow some.

Boris Spassky

PlayFollowSomeTournaments

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