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I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publication was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways.

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Act Being Defiance Fed Fed Up Hold Joke Letters Life Like Publishing Record Rejected Rejection Repeatedly Strange Traditional Truth Truth Is Up Ways Works World World Record Yes

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My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led to two more bestselling novels.

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Adventure Being Bestseller Eventually Hitting Led Lists More Novels Picked Publisher Traditional Two Up Work

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I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving language where new words are being added to the dictionary, so I don't see any harm in experimenting with the language. Only poor editing standards need to be improved.

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Added Am Any Being Constantly Dictionary Editing English Evolving Experimenting Feel Harm Improved Language Need New Old Old School Only Part Poor Purity School See Should Standards Where Words I Am I Feel

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I believe that the day one stops being spiritual, one ends up being religious. I live by the adage that the only certainty in life is death. We should, therefore, learn to live for the day and be content.

~Ashwin Sanghi

Topics: Adage Being Believe Certainty Content Day Day One Death Ends For The Day Learn Life Live Only Religious Should Spiritual Stops Therefore Up I Believe I Believe That

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I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.

~Asif Ali Zardari

Topics: Accept Be The First Been Being Elements Find First Hard Held Her Hostage Male Man Married Men Must Office Other Pakistan Persecution Political Reconcile Regime Salute Seven Spent Spouse Traditional Victim Who Whose Wife Works Years

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As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have had to fight through the courts for everything, including even physiotherapy, which is my right under the jail manual.

~Asif Ali Zardari

Topics: Authorities Being Courts Dependent Difficult Even Everything Fight Find Food Had Including Independent Jail Manual Medicine Person Prison Right Through Which

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I wanted to study film at an art school - I loved the idea of being surrounded by designers and artists. We were encouraged to be experimental.

~Asif Kapadia

Topics: Art Art School Artists Being Designers Encouraged Experimental Film Idea Loved School Study Surrounded Wanted Were

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Martin Scorsese was being given an honorary doctorate, and one of the tutors asked if there was a student film he particularly liked. He mentioned our film. There was a dinner after the final show just for the tutors, but I was smuggled in to meet Scorsese over dessert.

~Asif Kapadia

Topics: After Asked Being Dessert Dinner Doctorate Film Final Given He Honorary Just Liked Martin Meet Mentioned Our Over Particularly Scorsese Show Student Tutors

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As I have written before, one of my favorite parts of my job as CEO of Moda Operandi is the opportunity I get to explore international fashion scenes to discover new talent, and then being able to introduce these designers to our community of fashion-savvy customers worldwide.

~Aslaug Magnusdottir

Topics: Able Before Being Ceo Community Customers Designers Discover Explore Fashion Favorite Get International Introduce Job New Opportunity Our Our Community Parts Scenes Talent Then Worldwide Written

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As a customer, I would see pieces that I loved and then find out they weren't being made because no store had ordered them.

~Aslaug Magnusdottir

Topics: Because Being Customer Find Had Loved Made Ordered Out Pieces See Store Them Then Were Would

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