Mary Boykin Chesnut Quotes
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Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism; they go through many worldly trials. Some of them have even become martyrs for our sake. But they have done all this with a smile and with gratitude to God. Hence sacrifice is a great virtue.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.
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My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired, who has later gone on to become a director, is purely based on human instinct, be it Ayan Mukerji, Karan Malhotra, Punit Malhotra or Tarun Mansukhani. I am very susceptible to human energy and energy of spaces.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.
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I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
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The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.
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We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
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I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls.
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Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Getting to the point where I was ready to write a book has been about a 20-year journey of being, really honestly, too afraid to try - which I think is pretty common for people who are trying to write a large piece of fiction.
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What are clouds, but an excuse for the sky? What is life, but an escape from death?
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Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
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My giving birth was nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp.
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There's a great tradition among the English of writing about Berlin. It's kind of a state of mind, almost. That even translates in terms of music. A lot of people go to Berlin with the idea that it's a state of mind.
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I'm not making music for people who like Disney shows. I make music for people who like music.
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I am always on the women's side.
