Made Quote by V. S. Naipaul Download Open image “Nothing was made in Trinidad.” — V. S. Naipaul ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Made Nothing Trinidad
Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Trinidad was an opportunity to start all over again, to have another stab at it. The mystery and atmosphere of the place have entered… — Chris Ofili Copy Share Image
Scotland cannot be the only 'something for nothing' country in the world. — Johann Lamont Copy Share Image
There are no regions in the world as reciprocally integrated as Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe. — Federica Mogherini Copy Share Image
On my passage thither, I discovered nothing remarkable in the features of the country. — William Henry Ashley Copy Share Image
The nation is trying to make Chile a country of proprietors, not of proletarians. — Augusto Pinochet Copy Share Image
In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
To this day, if you ask me how I became a writer, I cannot give you an answer. To this day, if you ask… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
In our island myth this was the prescribed end of marriages like mine: the wife goes off with someone from the Cercle Sportif, outside… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
In the beginning, before the arrival of the white men, I had considered myself neutral. I had wanted neither side to win, neither the… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Once ye made up yer mind to do somethin', 'tis better t'stumble o'er the small hillock of jump-ahead than t'bash yer head on the… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I made $225.81 a week as an accountant, and I went to $400 a week as a stand-up. I was up to $800 a… — John Pinette Copy Share Image
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I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When… — Natalie Copy Share Image
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I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
I have observed this in my experience of slavery, - that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image