Romesh Gunesekera
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I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no... 
It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. 
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... 
My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... 
We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... 
Family is the most important thing in the world. 
You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... 
With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... 
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. 
Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs. 
My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them... 
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. 
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I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all. 
I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It... 
We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat. They do not exist. 
I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman. 
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. 
I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister. 
A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in. 
Nothing is more useless in developing a nation's economy than a gun, and nothing blocks the road... 
It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. 
Sri Lankans of every kind, overwhelmingly the poorest, have been bombed by one side or the other for... 
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Having got the best of education myself, I firmly believe it is my personal obligation to give back ...