- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
More Quotes
Quotes on wanting and having more.
These quotes explore the idea of 'more' - a director admitting to more confidence behind the camera than as a writer, and a novelist noting how fictional characters can carry more vitality than the people around them. Related pages include Life Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Become
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ineptitude and negligence directed British policies in India more than any cynical desire to divide and rule, but the British were not above exploiting rivalries.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
- Copies
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
- Rest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Tenured professors are more prone than the rest of us to think that the university is the universe.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many Indians and Israelis seem set to elect, with untroubled consciences, those who speak the language of torturers and terrorists. More disturbingly, these corrupted democracies may increasingly prove the norm rather than the exception.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel happy working in the low-budget realm, doing stuff that is a little bit more esoteric, and personal.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
The male ego is a terrifying, terrifying thing, you know? If it's shattered, it becomes even more dangerous.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just find there's nothing funnier and more scary than a delusional man who thinks they're the center of the universe, and in fact they're not.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I focus a little more on pacing when I write books in the young adult category, and of course there's the great American fear of anything sexual, so that's somewhat backed off in YA.
- Research
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- Nov 07, 2020
The sources and research I use for my inspiration aren't your typical sci-fi subjects, but it's really driven by obsession and personal anxiety more than trying to take up the sword and do what's right.
- Forest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Economies are embedded inside ecosystems. Companies dependent on tourism, for example, are affected by low rainfall - there's less snow for skiers, and forest fires are more intense.
- Excellence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Italian design is a global excellence, on a par with food, culture, cinema, and, more generally, lifestyle.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started to learn some common sense. Even just sort of day-to-day things. I started to cook a little bit more and try to learn to fix things around the house. If something breaks down, rather than call a guy, there's got to be more I can do.
- Nov 07, 2020