Madras Quotes

• I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.

  Aravind Adiga

  Cities, Grandfather, Four

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• My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.

  Satyajit Ray

  Class, Play, Cities

  Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). "Satyajit Ray: Interviews", p.101, Univ. Press of Mississippi.

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• When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.

  Aravind Adiga

  Running, Growing Up, Party

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• My dad's whole family is in Madras and I was born in America so we didn't have that big Indian community. I don't really have anything interesting to say about it. When I talk about it people are like, 'meh, let's talk about something else.'

  Mindy Kaling

  Dad, America, People

  "Mindy Kaling: 'People think that because I like girly things I'm dumb'" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2011.

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• La mayoría de los mejores actores y actrices pueden estar trabajando en diez o doce películas al mismo tiempo, así que le darán a un director dos horas y quizá rueden en Bombay por la mañana y en Madrás por la tarde. Así ocurre.

  Satyajit Ray

  Mañana, Dos, Dar

  Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). "Satyajit Ray: Interviews", p.100, Univ. Press of Mississippi.

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• Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.

  Satyajit Ray

  Directors, Three, Done

  Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). "Satyajit Ray: Interviews", p.100, Univ. Press of Mississippi.

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• I recalled when I worked in the woods and the bars of Madras, Oregon. That short-haired joy and roughness America your stupidity. I could almost love you again.

  Gary Snyder

  Love You, Oregon, America

  Gary Snyder (1992). “No nature: new and selected poems”, Pantheon

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• Mientras pintaba, vi un trozo de tela de madrás en el suelo. Como de costumbre, mi mente empezó a trabajar horas extras y un par de tijeras y una pequeña cantidad de pegamento después... creé EL COMEDIANTE. A todo el mundo le encantó la singularidad del cuadro. Fue todo un éxito.

  Santa Lucía

  Comedian, Mind, Usual

  Fuente: arcthemagazine.com

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• I grew up as a dancer. I did tap, classical ballet, all of that. I did Indian dancing, or Bharata Natyam, classic temple dancing from Madras, originally. My mother always had the great idea that I should learn it.

  Roselee Goldberg

  Mother, Ideas, Dancing

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly is to bring the Vedantic ideals into the everyday practical life of the saint or the sinner, of the sage or the ignoramus, of the Brahmin or the Pariah.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Two, Everyday, Saint

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2179, Manonmani Publishers

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• El Maharishi nos había invitado a todos a ir a la India, a su ashram en el Himalaya indio. Estuvimos allí estudiando meditación durante dos meses y medio. Mientras los otros tres Beatles regresaban a Londres para iniciar el comienzo de su imperio Apple, George y yo nos fuimos a Madrás a descansar una semana. Tomé esta fotografía de George una mañana, pues pensé que la luz sobre su rostro era encantadora. Creo que fue la última vez que le vi tan tranquilo.

  Pattie Boyd

  Morning, Thinking, Light

  "Former Beatle and Clapton wife looks back with love" by Todd Leopold, edition.cnn.com. February 14, 2015.

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