"[Hariharan is] an outstanding writer."

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J. M. Coetzee

#Outstanding Quotes

“I counted them all out and I counted them all back.”

Source : On the number of British aeroplanes (which he was not permitted to disclose) joining the raid on Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands: BBC broadcast report, 1 May 1982, in 'Battle for the Falklands' (1982) p. 21
“Anger's not a good emotion.”

Source : "Q&A: Lincoln Chafee". Mother Jones Interview, www.motherjones.com. September, 2008.
“Modern technology has conveniently provided a measuring stick by which you can determine whether or not you are conducting your business in an acceptable, ethical way. . . . You can ask yourself: How will I feel if my business dealings today are secretly recorded on a hidden video camera, and appear on this evening's television newscast for all to see?”
“I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.”
“I'm happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways.”
“It is, after all, far too easy to pinch and kick the bizarre Mormon Church; to say it's ripe for satire and parody is to say a Catholic schoolgirl is ripe for debauchery. It's like shooting polygamist fish in a barrel of coffee.”

Source : "The end of the wicked old Mormons" by Mark Morford, www.sfgate.com. May 7, 2010.
“I love 'Harry Potter.' I'm a huge nerd - I would dress up if I could.”
“I was taking piano lessons with a very good piano instructor in Toronto, and I'm afraid due to my schedule and discipline, it kind of fell apart. One thing lead to another and I was unable to practice as much as I wanted to.”

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