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You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. Move on!

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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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I have nothing to say of my working life, only that a tie is a noose, and inverted though it is, it will hang a man nonetheless if he's not careful.
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Work, work, work, but what mark do we leave, what point do we make? People who are too beholden to work become like erasers: as things move forward, they leave in their wake no trace of themselves.
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I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape.
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A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.
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Any writer will be happy and good only if they know what they're doing and why they're doing it.
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It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go.
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Animals in the wild lead lives of compulsion and necessity within an unforgiving social hierarchy in an environment where the supply of fear is high and the supply of food is low and where territory must constantly be defended and parasites forever endured.
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Don’t you bully me with your politeness!
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We think we live in a global village. We don't. The world is a big and beautiful and incredibly varied place. It can only be known locally, with your two feet on the ground. We should stick to our own gardens, as Voltaire said.
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Nature can put on a thrilling show. The stage is vast, the lighting is dramatic, the extras are innumerable, and the budget for special effects is absolutely unlimited.
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I love Canada...It is a great country much too cold for good sense, inhabited by compassionate, intelligent people with bad hairdos.
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Everything was screaming: the sea, the wind, my heart.
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Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.
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Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?
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Bapu Gandhi said, ‘All religions are true.’ I just want to love God.
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I have a story that will make you believe in God.
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Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away.
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If there's only one nation in the sky, shouldn't all passports be valid for it?
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Time is an illusion that makes us all pant.
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If you don't let technology help you, if you resist good ideas, you condemn yourself to dinosaurhood.
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