Paulo Freire Quotes
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People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.
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Man has evolved a mutual relationship with nature on earth, but his power to change its surface has grown so tremendously that this may become a curse instead of a blessing.
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A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.
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In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
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I love acting so much that I have to have that as much as I have to have my time with my kid.
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Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.
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On the whole, I'd rather be in Philidelphia.
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There are lots of women I look up to, but mentors are someone you talk to and not just admire. A lot of my friends that I trust are my mentors.
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I don't really get recognised very much.
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Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?
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Guys understand a waistline. They understand a silhouette.
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I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.
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I was blessed with a long career where I won gold medals for myself and my country. Nothing stands out as a disappointment.
Gail Devers -
I read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.
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Life is too short to waste The critic bite or cynic bark, Quarrel, or reprimand; 'Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!
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Every blossom I see reminds me of you
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There is not necessarily a good reason why a regulator should have to be involved in product design and marketing for rich and sophisticated investors. We recommend that such investors should be able to sign a piece of paper, which allows them to go ahead and buy unregulated products at their own risk.
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About the most exciting thing a baby can do is burp - I've spent hours of my life holding a baby on my shoulder and patting its back, trying to loosen up a burp. Burping was probably invented to give the father something positive to do, since our chests are not equipped to allow us to do much else.
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We have to make sure the music and the message and the words and all the elements come through in our songs and every time we appear in public.
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful.
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We put a premium on knowing what the other team does. Then we try to take them out of it.
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I am an educator who thinks globally.
