Mahmoud Darwish Quotes
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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Conformity is dangerous.
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I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Some guys can do more talking in the ring, other guys do posing, body building, whatever the hell they do in the ring. But I don't have the big body, and I'm not the big smooth talker, but I can get in the ring and wrestle.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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If you force legislators to balance, at the end of the day, if it has to be balanced, then they step up and they become legislators and can find out where to cut.
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I'm a lyric soprano. I can try to step outside that and do different kind of singing, but it's not something I can sustain over the long haul, and what is good for your voice is good for your career.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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Not one black man is prominent in Brazil. The Negroes there are still at the bottom.
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Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.
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My mum and mad were both very generous, encouraging parents.
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I got into the race because I'm concerned for my children, and for the opportunities they don't have. Really, it's for the same concerns that the people of the 16th district have. They're concerned about jobs.
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Talent is an accident of genes - and a responsibility.
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You cannot make money with a hockey team. You cannot make money with a hotel, either, and you cannot make money with a golf club. I have all three of them. When you have a certain amount of money, you do silly things - because it's pretty to have a golf course and it's interesting to have a hockey team.
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I never wanted children; maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.