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I think I am a much better actor than I have allowed myself to be.
Life being what it is, one dreams not of revenge. One just dreams.
I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.
I'd rather create a miniature painting than a Taj Mahal of a book.
I believe one can gauge a book's impact only after about 10 years.
When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
Orissa is cursed by the two tragic extremes of drought and famine.
I get maximum satisfaction in seeing the happiness of poor people.
I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.
Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.
Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.
You want to be happy? You want to be well? Then put your boots on.
I'll never have enough time to paint all the pictures I'd like to.
A holiday in a new dresscan earth offer anything more enchanting?
A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.
The best way to enjoy your job is to imagine yourself without one.
Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.
We are never more true to ourselves than when we are inconsistent.
Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.
How clever you are, my dear! You never mean a single word you say.
He wants to enslave you.' 'I shudder at the thought of being free.
I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.
My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's.
A grand passion is the privelege of people who have nothing to do.
The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.
Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons.
Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.
He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.
The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.
What do you call a bad man? The sort of man who admires innocence.
The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.
Gussie, a glutton for punishment, stared at himself in the mirror.
I think, in writing a memoir, you kind of give order to your life.
That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.
The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.
But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.
Are you hurt?" "Absolutely," I said. "Especially in my everywhere.
Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.
Many people lose the small joys in the hope for the big happiness.
The head raised too high even in good will be struck off too soon.
I don't wait for moods - you'd never get anything done if you did.
Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.
That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
If you don't stay in some days, you can't recharge your batteries.
After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.