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I am criticized for getting jobs because of my name, but I only use it when I have to. ”
I was the daughter of an immigrant, raised to feel that I needed to get excellent, flawless grades and a full scholarship and a graduate degree and a good job - all the stepping stones to conventional success. ”
I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable. That's the fun of it: discovering what's next. I'm often surprised by plot developments I would not have dreamed of starting out, but that, in the course of the writing, come to seem inevitable. ”
A fierce literary woman with a penchant for married men, Margaret Fuller was ultimately torn between motherhood and her final career as a political reporter. ”
I have never chosen my next job. I focus on what's in front of me, and serendipity steps in. ”
My dad never had a bank balance of more than three lakh and was always extremely compassionate towards his producers. ”
My job is to perform, enjoy cricket and thank God for whatever he has given me. ”
As professional cricketers, we have to ensure that we are battle-ready all the time. ”
My father died. No one from this industry came to offer condolences to my house. No one offered few words to console me. Why should I continue in this cruel film world? I am discontinuing my acting career. ”
Melvilasam' broke a short, silent phase in my career. ”