Nandan Nilekani Quotes
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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People think that if you have a huge appetite, then you'll be better at it. But actually, it's how you confront the food that is brought to you. You have to be mentally and psychologically prepared.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'
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All individuals are different. Some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy.
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Jeff Foxworthy had that whole "You might be a redneck" thing; Larry the Cable Guy had "Git-R-Done." Some comics have that hook. Dane Cook had that super finger. So I just caught on early on. I ran with "Fluffy."
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I love musical theater so much. When done right, I think comedy songs can be the most efficient form of joke delivery. Songs can be the most efficient and the best forms of conveying emotion. Music is universal. It's worldwide.
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Some of my academic friends think I've fallen from a very special grace.
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Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family.
