Ruth Prawer Jhabvala England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others… I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens… I adopted them passionately. – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Absorbing Quotes Charles Quotes Dickens Quotes Disinheritance Quotes Eliot Quotes England Quotes George Quotes Hardy Quotes Literature Quotes Loved Quotes Passionately Quotes Thomas Quotes The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck. I never really had any close friends in India, and I felt a terrible loneliness and isolation for many years. Westernized Indians don’t like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians – so we’re quits.
Drummond Money-Coutts I’ve never categorically been a banker. I had two internships while I was at university. The decision was more banking, or magic, and I went with the latter. – Drummond Money-Coutts
Bode Miller We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, ‘Don’t worry about winning’: If you win I’ll get you ice cream, but if you lose I’m going to pout in the car. – Bode Miller
Julen Lopetegui A coach – any coach, not just a national team coach – should try to be exemplary. And a national team manager even more so. – Julen Lopetegui
Anthony Ray Hinton Being on death row has taken so much from me as a human being. – Anthony Ray Hinton
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