"I know nothing of this silence except that it lies outside the reach of my intelligence, beyond words - that is why this silence must win, must inevitably defeat me, because it is not a presence at all."

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Source : Amitav Ghosh, Amitav (2008). “Imam & the Indian, The (PB)”, p.335, Penguin Books India

Amitav Ghosh

#Lying Quotes #Winning Quotes #Silence Quotes

“The government can't get away with large-scale famine, but it can get away with chronic hunger. It has become an accepted part of life in India.”

Source : "Dying of hunger in a land of surplus" by Luke Harding, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2002.
“The Public provides freedom...Individualism begins after the roads are built, after individualists have had an education, after medical research has cured their diseases...”
“My mother would put me on a wooden box at the stove and tell me to call her if certain things would happen. Like if the steam turns blue, that is danger!”
“There are so many low points with stand-up. You are perpetually humiliated, so it doesn't really matter anymore. I don't have any dignity left to lose. An audience can't hurt you anymore when you've been completely dismantled.”
“It's just the way I'm made. I do feel confident in what I do. It doesn't always work out 100% of the time, but generally I think I can do it quite well. But the other part of my job is doing the press and stuff. And I'm rubbish at that. I'm really not good at that at all - this quite important part of what I do.”

Source : "Cinema's best-kept secret". Interview With Carole Cadwalladr, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2009.
“Confounding people's expectations was a way to maintain integrity.”
“The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry.”
“Boys need wood to chop.”

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