Karan Mahajan Quotes
People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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I think I felt compelled in a way because if I hadn't written the part, I never would have been offered the part. There are at least 10 guys who would have been offered the part before me.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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My experience growing up in a rough and tumble town in the blue-collar world of Western Pennsylvania in the 1970s was that anything a man did was always more important than anything a woman did.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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Winning excuses everything.
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I'm just going to be myself; there's no reason for me to try and go out there and put a certain facade on or emphasize, 'Hey, I'm this. You need to believe it.' I just want to be the best that I can be, and if people like me, that's great, and if they don't, they don't.
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Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
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Our true nature is free of any and all notions of gender, of any notions of difference whatsoever.
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In some industries, we refer to risk taking as 'research and development.' At financial institutions, we often take risk by investing in securities.
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People love talking about the banality of evil and the fact that ordinary people do bad things. I actually want to stay away from that.
