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I can only tell my story, what you believe is up to you.
Yann Martel
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Yann Martel
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: June 25
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Most of us get our history through story.
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That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?
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I find that movies tend to fix the aesthetics of a story in people's minds.
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I chose the name Pi because it's an irrational number (one with no discernable pattern). Yet scientists use this irrational number to come to a rational understanding of the universe. To me, religion is a bit like that, irrational yet with it we come together we come to a sound understanding of the universe.
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You bring joy and pain in equal measure. Joy because you are with me, but pain because it wont be for long.
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Quickly you make rash decisions. You dismiss your last allies: hope and trust. There, you've defeated yourself. Fear, which is but an impression, has triumphed over you.
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My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self.
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To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
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Life will defend itself no matter how small it is.
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...if you fall into a lion's pit, the reason the lion will tear you to pieces is not because it's hungry-be assured, zoo animals are amply fed-or because it's bloodthirsty, but because you've invaded it's territory.
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It's important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse.
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Don’t you bully me with your politeness!
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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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Books, like people, can't be reduced to the cost of the materials with which they were made. Books, like people, become unique and precious once you get to know them.
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It's hard to visualize James Bond without seeing one of the actors who played him. And it's hard to visualize Harry Potter without seeing Daniel Radcliffe. A movie is so visually powerful, so overwhelming, that it tends to crowd out how you might have imagined things.
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Despair was a heavy blackness that let no light in or out. It was a hell beyond expression. I thank God it always passed.
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There's no peace like the peace of an inner courtyard on a sunny day.
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Christianity is a religion in a rush.
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I love cinema. I think the risk of the aesthetics being fixed is compensated by other advantages. Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.
Yann Martel
The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity – it’s envy.
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