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Yann Martel has 214 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate…
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A realization that the founding principle of existence is what we call love, which works itself out sometimes not clearly, not cleanly,…
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If literature does one thing, it makes you more empathetic by making you live other lives and feel the pain of others.…
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Life on a lifeboat isn't much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with a few…
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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them…
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Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the…
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If you don't have dreams, how do you maneuver reality? Where do you get the ideas to change reality if not from…
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My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour…
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Sometimes I got my majors mixed up. A number of my fellow religious-studies students - muddled agnostics who didn't know which way…
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When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond the human,…
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It is a vast country, so that inspires you. It's also the greatest hotel on earth: It welcomes people from everywhere. It's…
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Music is a bird's answer to the noise and heaviness of words. It puts the mind in a state of exhilarated speechlessness.…
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The idea is to become a best-selling author first and then the rest of my books will be slam dunks.
— Nolan Bushnell
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Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you…
— Les Claypool
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
— Maya Angelou
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When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first.
— Kelly Cutrone
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This world will slam doors in your face at every opportunity. Be willing to employ a foot when necessary.
— Wes Fesler
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This time last year I would have said Federer would beat Sampras's record. Now I'm not so sure. His aura has gone.…
— Novak Djokovic
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Kids have *_____ never* taken guidance from their parents. If you could travel back in time and observe the original primate family…
— Dave Barry
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I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.
— Dave Barry
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When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach…
— Michelle Obama
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The Art of the Romance, though warning us that it is providing fictions, opens a door into the Palace of Absurdity, and…
— Umberto Eco
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Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your…
— Jack Handey
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Two grand slams in a week - man, that's seven or eight ribbies right there.
— Unknown Author
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