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“In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.”
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“Stability is not immobility.”
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“We set the treatment of bodies so high above the treatment of souls, that the physician occupies a higher place in society than the school-master.”
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“India is a curious place that still preserves the past, religions, and its history. No matter how modern India becomes, it is still very much an old country.”
Source : "Class Interview with Anita Desai". www.baruch.cuny.edu. 2003. 
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“Pakistan should be recognised as a sporting nation and not as a terrorist country.”
Source : "Squash great Khan fears for Pakistan sport". www.foxnews.com. August 14, 2013.
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“There's something peculiar about artists. They have ups and downs... After a while everything you do is just wonderful... then you slide back. If you're a good artist you're going to go down. And then it's up to you.”
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“As a person, I'm anti-violence.”
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“Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way.”
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“If I was gay, why would I hide it?”
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“It appalls me that the people who decide what Americans will be watching on the tube have never been to the United States. Not the real United States.”
