Kiran Desai
Related A girl's life was defined by lines: fine lines, hairlines, bikini lines, class lines, the tightrope ... THEA DEVINE DAN SIMMONS I was a 2-year-old baby on something, but it's not like I had lines. But I actually had my first... TROIAN BELLISARIO I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but tele... DAVID SELBY MARK TWAIN The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakesp... DANIEL HANNAN It was just the worst kind of conditions that you could possibly ask for. The freezing rain building... JAMES THOMPSON I've always been - as a teacher, as graduate student, as a student, and I think, really, as a ch... DAVID FERRY We had several feeder lines that were down (Sunday) morning. SUSAN ALLEN I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie bec... BERENICE BEJO You make a decision whether you just work on the script and believe in every moment and pick out eve... ADRIA ARJONA It's a good little drop for that young puppy to go. We've had animals dropped over the larger fence ... DAN EVANS Bill was someone who had been around the program and knew how things were done in the tennis program... CLYDE METCALF Gay marriage passed in New York because four Republican legislators crossed party lines. They did it... CAMPBELL BROWN My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the year... JEAN PAUL GAULTIER They had seven secretaries, 25 salesmen and 40 telephone lines in the office, ... They had about 250... A. JOHNSON It leaves us vulnerable to tips, but boys go down the lines so well, I felt we needed to adjust. AMY COOPER People parted, years passed, they met again- and the meeting proved no reunion, offered no warm memo... JACQUELINE SUSANN We kept the windows down so we didn't need to use the air conditioner, so we had no problems with ga... RICKY GUTIERREZ To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. BIBLE I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I asked Raghav, as we were looking over the wasteland, if the Muslims they burnt would beg for their... SUKETU MEHTA MARK TWAIN I was always the smallest role in community theater and school plays. I always had two lines - I was... HALEY LU RICHARDSON The issue we had with Katrina was that it was a multi-state disaster. The phone lines everywhere wer... LEAH STOKES CARL REINER W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and ... JOE FRAZIER I've always been better at informing the audience through images than through words, but I took ... JONATHAN GLAZER We had balanced scoring. All four lines were very effective. It was a great team win for us. MARK MAZZOLENI You had two teams out there going for everything. Going for the lines, going for the tough shots. Th... KEITH DRAKE JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY The Rich beg,but they beg money from investors to finance dreams,but the poor beg just to survive. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The rich have no knowledge of where the shoe pinches the poor,unless the rich had once passed throug... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) JAMES GRAY LISA KESSLER It struggled because there was no formal financing for it. I had to beg and borrow and everything. JOE ZANGHI Rachel had three lines in the pilot, JOSH SCHWARTZ We don't think patients go by county lines. We've been caring for these people for years and years. JUDY SMITH MOLLY HARPER JOSS WHEDON MICHAEL DOUGLAS JEANETTE WINTERSON I've been collecting since college, ... When we're children, we're taught to draw in the lines, use ... BEVERLY KAYE TERRY PRATCHETT LOUISE PENNY CHARLES DICKENS JOHN MARSHALL JOHN MARSHALL Ethan got some books out of an old trunk. They were history books, some passed down from his great-g... C.G. FAULKNER J.M. BARRIE They were looking all over for where the smell was coming from. A squid had crawled into their boat ... TERRY KOHL TRACY CAULKINS Seeing all these people up and down the lines asking for autographs, it's just like the big leagues.... DAN ORTMEIER As we add lines, we will very likely continue to drop lines at the same time. BILL BOTTI JODI PICOULT They are both over their property lines. ILYSE FINK Trees went through every one of our lines - including numerous trees through distribution lines in t... FAYE ANDERSEN TERRY PRATCHETT SUNDAR PICHAI She was merely an actress who had been forced to perform her part on stage without fully knowing her... ERICA SEHYUN SONG You only get to walk variations of the same lines everyone has already drawn for you. COURTNEY SUMMERS JAMES DASHNER They came down on us because we had a grass-roots, real people's revolution, complete with the p... BOBBY SEALE J.R.R. TOLKIEN CURTIS TYRONE JONES I told the jury if they couldn't show mercy for John Moxley, then they could show mercy for themselv... GREG DENUE House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the ga... UWE BOLL The project is over now; they had no choice. It's been dragging on for a long time and this project ... CHRISTINE LOH Most actresses would have killed just to be an extra. I had to beg her to read the script first. BRETT RATNER You actually had real lines and people that were production staff actually took part in the making o... NICK CHECKER This president, along with the Republicans in the House, have been trying to wake people up for year... TOM DELAY If the lines are down, the first thing we will have to do is repair the lines. Once the lines are ba... GEORGE ROLFE One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Tool... TOBIN BELL CORNELIA FUNKE BLACK ELK Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place. THE SCRIPT Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here"THE SCRIPT They're kicking us out saying it's time to close THE SCRIPT Growing up in D.C. there are so many different types of educational and professional levels. They ca... LAZ ALONSO JOHN RUSKIN I had flashes (of his career being over), but my teammates, family and friends got me through everyt... ANDRE CALDWELL CLARA BARTON This guy had more lines than loose-leaf. CARA LYNN SHULTZ There was no welfare state, and people had to rely mainly on the Poor Law - that was all the state p... BARBARA CASTLE The first period was pretty ugly, we'd been off for almost three weeks - I'm not using that as an ex... JOE PAPIN We had fully repaired the lines. Anytime anything comes in contact with a wire, you always assume it... KAREN RYAN Our parking lots haven't been overflowing, which has been nice because there haven't been a lot of l... BOB WHITELAW CHARLES BABBAGE You can't skate two lines against the Suns, so they came in and spelled our first two lines. They he... DAVE PFEIFER AGATHA CHRISTIE We prepared for that play in practice, but it's different when you step between the lines in a game.... BRAD HILL No one could know how difficult this was, not unless they had lived through the same thing. VICTORIA JENKINS Protecting the dignity and the security our seniors have earned is a commitment that spans generatio... TOM ROONEY DANIEL CRAIG OSCAR WILDE I am excited and nervous. It's been a long time since I had to learn such a huge number of lines! 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never want to do it any other way. YOGI DESAI ANITA DESAI When I was born, the doctor was looking for me. MANGESH DESAI Avian influenza vaccine will be a big source for the disease to spread in India. When the best possi... ANURADHA DESAI It is not bird flu. We have the best labs. Not one case of bird flu has been detected. ANURADHA DESAI The government is basically telling us not to make much noise about the issue. ANURADHA DESAI It is some mistake. I am surprised and shocked at how the government has declared that it is bird fl... ANURADHA DESAI He was part of such a close-knit community. Hundreds of drivers had visited his home. BHAIRAVI DESAI There need to be other solutions from the Taxi and Limousine Commission. They do not need to gut the... BHAIRAVI DESAI Racism, sexism, drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, unemployment — homelessness encompasses pr... JENA DESAI MORARJI DESAI MORARJI DESAI Oh, my God! It's like a travesty of justice. 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KIRAN MORE He was always in the scheme of things and we had only been trying others against Sri Lanka, which is... KIRAN MORE He has gone to Australia for treatment. KIRAN MORE Patel has been keeping well and also chipping in with the bat in recent domestic matches so we decid... KIRAN MORE He is playing. He has been cleared by his doctor. KIRAN MORE Our middle-order is very strong. We have some concerns only with the opening slot. KIRAN MORE We have some plans for the team, you don't need to know everything about it. KIRAN MORE Just making regulations for IPR is not enough. Its enforcement and conviction are also important to ... KIRAN KARNIK The developed economies are going to face acute shortages of working-age people. They will have to e... KIRAN KARNIK The developed economies are going to face acute shortages of working-age people - they will have eit... KIRAN KARNIK I expect a bigger horde of students to arrive next year because the ones here said they had a great ... 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There would be no more offerings. Not this day. Not any day. Humankind had suffered enough for its l... 
Satan had been making admiring remarks about certain of the Creator's sparkling industries -- remark... 
Bob Hope was not a television pioneer. He didn't learn his lines. If you don't learn your lines, I d... 
She had no mercy. He looked at her neck and thought how he would like to jab it with the knife he ha... 
I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembere... 
I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembere... 
My wife and I had been to the genetic counselor; my wife is not Jewish - she's the shiksha godde... 
He twisted the heavy gold ring around his finger. It had been in his family for generations, passed ... 
Johnny Cash had all of the same talents and problems as Elvis - a poor upbringing in the rural South... 
My first gig ever was writing looplines for a movie that had already been made. You know, writing li... 
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I had lines inside me, a string of guiding lights. I had language. Fiction and poetry are doses, med... 
Of course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any ... 
It was a careworn face. But most of the lines, if followed back like a trail, would lead to happines... 
He had been educated in no habits of application and concentration. The system which had addressed h... 
No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the Sta... 
Peter was not with them for the moment, and they felt rather lonely up there by themselves. He could... 
I know a lot of people think it's monotonous, down the black lines over and over, but it's not if yo... 
Until this moment, I had not realized that someone could break your heart twice, along the very same... 
Google search was important - one of the most important applications ever on the Web. People accesse... 
All the same, Thomas now had a plan. As bad as it was, he had a plan.
The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder... 
When she smiles, the lines in her face become epic narratives that trace the stories of generations ... 
Let's be off before he gets his great horsey teeth into my poor lines of verse! 
To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see. 
No human face is exactly the same in its lines on each side, no leaf perfect in its lobes, no branch... 
A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve ... 
Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity. 
was suspicious, had always been suspicious, of mercy—too much mercy, that is to say. Too much merc... 
I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines. 
I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours. 
They say stay in the lines, but there's always something better on the other side. 
Rich People plan for three generations
The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. 
The present changes the past. Looking back you do not find what you left behind. 
I love Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Flannery O'Connor. I read a lot of American writers. 
Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one... 
Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. 
Isn't it strange how life won't flow, like a river, but moves in jumps, as if it were held back by l... 
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All g... 
The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and... 
An expert gives an objective view. He gives his own view. 
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My CD collection has a lot of world music - lots of Indian, African, Portuguese, Greek, Italian musi... 
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Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to hel...