"I am still attracted to stories about people who are considered to be on the outside of society. I still seek inspiration from those stories."

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Source : "A Minute With: Mira Nair on Salaam Bombay". Interview with Shilpa Jamkhandikar, www.reuters.com. March 22, 2013.

Mira Nair

#Inspiration Quotes #People Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Rock 'n' roll music is what gets me off.”
“When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all myself. Now I understand what everyone's jobs are, who is doing them right, and who isn't.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
“This is a tough environment, and it's tough for everybody.”

Source : "Extended Interview: Brit Hume". "PBS NewsHour" with Terence Smith, www.pbs.org. January 31, 2002.
“Observation of my life to date shows that the larger the number for whom I work, the more positively effective I become. Thus, it is obvious that if I work always and only for all humanity, I will be optimally effective.”
“For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design.”

Source : Interview with Ryan McGinley, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 7, 2010.
“In my dreams I found a little of the beauty I had vainly sought in life, and wandered through old gardens and enchanted woods.”
“Kissing is something that everybody does!”
“I hate you." My sister said it different than she said it to my dad. She meant it with me.She really did. "I love you," was all I could say in return. "You're a freak, you know that? Everyone says so. They always have." "I'm trying not to be.â€ Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.[pp.28]”

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