Ruth Prawer Jhabvala quotes
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“India always changes people, and I have been no exception”
-- Ruth Prawer JhabvalaSource : Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (2016). “Heat and Dust”, p.7, Counterpoint
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“Westernized Indians don't like my books and I tend not to like westernized Indians - so we're quits.”
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“I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I don't have it in me to write but which I hope I can go on trying for.”
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“All my early books are written as if I were Indian. In England, I had started writing as if I were English; now I write as if I were American. You take other peoples backgrounds and characters; Keats called it negative capability.”
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“The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck.”
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“The older books were quite light-hearted. But I think most of my novels do end on a deep note of pessimism. Shadows seem to be closing in. The final conclusion isn't that life is wonderful and everything is bright and cheery and in the garden.”
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“Film is not like a book; it's not a writer's baby at all. So many people have put in their talent, by that time that you feel grateful for what they've done, you don't feel possessive about it in any way.”
-- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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“Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.”
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Source : "Boundaries And Crossing". Interview with Vered Shemtov, shma.com. March 4, 2004.
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“India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.”
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Source : Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D. (1909). “Epochs of American History”
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“Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception.”
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“There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.”
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“Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.”
Source : David Lubar (2005). “Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie”, Dutton Childrens Books
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