Nandan Nilekani Quotes
When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
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Nobody has done more for me than my parents, who devoted untold amounts of time and money that allowed me to play the game I love. It's no exaggeration to say I never would have gotten anywhere near a World Cup, an Olympics, or even the U.S. national team without them. I have never forgotten that, and I never will.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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I would gladly admit women are superior to men if only they would stop trying to be the same as us.
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I don't want to talk about negative, dark things. The only thing I've got against stuff like Marilyn Manson is, they make unbelievable videos and unbelievable images.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.
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Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.
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You are God's own masterpiece! That means you are not ordinary or average; you are a one-of-a-kind original.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army – thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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You can almost taste the pressure now.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
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Many young men in the 1960s and 1970s came to reject some of the traditional ideas about manhood that many of their fathers tried to pass down - like unquestioning respect for authority even when that might mean killing and dying for questionable or unjust causes such as the Vietnam War.
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I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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All I ever wanted was to be a sexy bride, and actually, I think I've turned into a romantic bride.
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Be natural and use your head.
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When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.
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The more people who come forward and talk about how much they love gaming, how much they talk about individuality and diversity, the more gamers of color that come out and gay gamers that come out and everybody talking about what they love - that's what the community has in common: a love of gaming.
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I went to see Ocean Colour Scene at Shepherds Bush and and felt part of something. They paved the way for me.
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When India got independence, entrepreneurs were seen as a bad lot, as people who would exploit.
