Safak Pavey Quotes
I come from a fragmented society. A country proud to serve as a bridge between Europe and Asia yet unable to bridge its own differences.
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'Dhruva' is not a first person narrative of Siddharth Abhimanyu.
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I love being a mum, but it's much more intensive work than being an actress - going to work feels like you've got a day off. Not that I want a day off from being a mum; it's just perhaps I had this impression before that mums don't work. But they work more than anyone.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I'm an Oscar nominee. I love saying that. Whatever happens, I'm going to sing that 'I'm an Oscar nominee' part.
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Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
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I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.
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It's very difficult switching over from one character to another.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense of the most beautiful person.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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The Russians obtained a number of plants under Lend-Lease, which had been authorized by Washington, that I thought were not justified for their war effort. They wanted them for postwar use.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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It's interesting: when you're kind of 'known' for being a writer, people don't think you've done anything else.
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I think a firm grip helps you control the club and prevents it from turning in your hands. Another thing about feel is, if you make a change in your grip, it takes time for your brain to adapt.
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Existentialism is possible only in a world where God is dead or a luxury, and where Christianity is dead.
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Slouching or leaning back may send the wrong signals. When you sit down for a formal interview, lean forward to show interest and active listening.
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I come from a fragmented society. A country proud to serve as a bridge between Europe and Asia yet unable to bridge its own differences.
