Vikram Seth Quotes
I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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I don't think I have a signature.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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The idea of a news broadcast once was to find someone with information and broadcast it. The idea now is to find someone with ignorance and spread it around.
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Most of my stuff, I never really watch.
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My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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In the process of evolution, the body lasts for some time and then will take other body and take other body and take other body until the final redemption from diversity is transcended.
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I had decided that if I was going to be a singer, I had to earn it. I had to learn how to play an instrument.
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There's no business like show business.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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I don't believe any color in particular can bring good luck. I think it's just a coincidence that I was introduced in white costumes. That said, the color is very soothing. So, my house is all white.
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
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Don't mess with my food.
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If we have actionable intelligence about high value terrorist targets and President [Pervez] Musharraf will not act, we will.
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Feminism is something you do. It's a verb. It's what you are. It's an activity; it's something you're actively engaged in.
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Like so many of the bits of conversation I recall, the meanings hidden in childhood only become clear now that I write them down. Most were just small lessons, people trying to prove their virtue to each other, but because I wasn't supposed to be listening, I made things out to be more important than they were. Maybe that's why our childhoods seem so big, so resonant, while our adult years slip by like fish in the river Byk.
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Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another for there will always be others whose lives on the face of it appear better. However just remember and focus on the fact that your life could be much worse and be grateful it isn't. No matter what others or even you may briefly think you are lucky things aren't worse so be grateful.
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I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.
