"Each person’s life is dominated by a central event, which shapes and distorts everything that comes after it and, in retrospect, everything that came before."

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Source : Suketu Mehta (2009). “Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found”, p.6, Vintage

Suketu Mehta

#Events Quotes #Shapes Quotes #Retrospect Quotes

“Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.”

Source : Indira Gandhi (1985). “Selected Thoughts of Indira Gandhi: A Book of Quotes”, p.67, Mittal Publications
“Humans test their brand new wings and invent new possibilities using new-fangled things not with grim determination, but with play.”
“People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.”

Source : "Evander Holyfield Q n A - Part I". Interview with Zhenyu Li, www.thesweetscience.com. April 20, 2010.
“My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.”
“My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."”

Source : "Romany Malco Chats w/ S&A About “Think Like A Man,” Picking Projects, Black Cinema & More!". Interview with Vanessa Martinez, www.indiewire.com. May 7, 2012.
“I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.”

Source : Interview with Steve Heisler, www.avclub.com. April 20, 2010.
“I think being a singer-songwriter... your job is to tell a story that other people can't really tell themselves. And I really hope that people kinda go: "This happened once and I kind of like this song because I relate to it..." So if at least one of my songs over this tour's that song, then that's really cool.”
“Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques...”

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