#we

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#arrivals #being #community #disadvantaged #enabled

A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning. ↗

— Paul Muni

#actor #attic #bus #camera #cement

For a Canadian, natural resources were a good fit. ↗

— Peter Munk

#fit #good #natural #natural resources #resources

I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere. ↗

— Olivia Munn

#besides #blood #get #i #my own

I grew up in a military family. I was moved around from school to school, so people aren't always the most welcoming to new girls in school. ↗

— Olivia Munn

#around #family #grew #i #military

The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#beautiful #eyes #friendship #her #long

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fortunate #his #lifetime #maybe #novels

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#fun #helps #i #me #need

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you'd quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#basis #became #began #being #day

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#because #books #good #had #high