Vidya Balan Quotes
I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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I still do commercial work as an actor, which I love, because it's very quick, and it definitely pays my bills.
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
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It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now.
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Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party.
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A thought transfixed me: for the first time in my life, I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that love is the ultimate and the highest goal to which man can aspire.
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We need affordable childcare and paid sick leave so workers don't have to choose between their health and their livelihood.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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Literature at its fullest takes human nature as its theme. That's the kind of writing that interests me.
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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought.
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Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being done in avant-garde territory.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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I sang for my family. And I think probably the first time I sang and got paid for it, I was about 6 or 7.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.
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I think people might say I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment.
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My celebrity has held steady since the day I began acting. I don't view it as celebrity. I'm just a worker.
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I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.
