"I notice that Indians love to tweet about each other - will be like, yeah, go India, we're awesome, Indians are awesome, here is another example of an awesome Indian. That's a dangerous false nationalism that I am not interested in. There's a huge amount of diversity within our so-called communities; within the South Asian community, there are people who would never talk to each other."

-- Vijay Iyer

#People Quotes #Diversity Quotes #Community Quotes

“Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.”
“My mom does not exist anymore, and I cannot see my mother in myself. To me, the word "mother" is the synonym for the words "parting" or "separation" or "farewell."”
“I could walk and swim at 10 months old.”
“The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance.”

Source : Martha Grimes (2013). “The Man with a Load of Mischief”, p.37, Simon and Schuster
“I started modeling quite young. I would really recommend to every girl not to start modeling until they turn 17, to be honest. Before that, I think you're not mature enough.”
“I'm definitely going to bounce back, I don't doubt that one bit. The thing about this is you have to expect that when you're a back my age. You can't feel slighted if someone says that because it's a reality that it's abnormal for a guy my age to still be starting in the NFL. I can accept that. I still understand what the truth is to me, and that's what I believe. I don't really care what people say.”

Source : "The Osbournes". TV Series, 2002-2005.
“People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.”
“I have everything and I have nothing. Sometimes I feel like the loneliest man on the planet. All this stuff and no one to share it with. And then when women come along, I wonder if they like the stuff more than me.”

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