Persis Khambatta Quotes
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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If you kill someone, it shows that you are afraid of that person.
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I didn't ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I'm wrong about this, I guess I'll become a bum.
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If I take two years off, I would want to fight as much as possible.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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Before 'Whiplash,' I'd had a string of failed scripts. I'd pour my blood, sweat and tears into them, and no one would like them.
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Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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I'm probably creative for half an hour a day. The rest of the time, I'm just doing what's necessary to make that creativity visible.
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I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
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My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.
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Ava DuVernay is my personal Phil Jackson. She's a perfect coach.
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In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure.
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When I'm passionate about something, I just get excited.
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Language is the dress of thought.
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Supply and demand constantly determine the prices of commodities; never balance, or only coincidentally; but the cost of production, for its part, determines the oscillations of supply and demand.
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The being which has absolute existence, which has never been and will never be without existence, is not in need of an agent.
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The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.
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Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?
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I never wanna settle; I never wanna be complacent - I gotta outwork everybody.
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Where danger shews it self, apprehension cannot, without stupidity, be wanting; where danger is, sense of danger should be; and so much fear as should keep us awake, and excite our attention, industry, and vigour; but not to disturb the calm use of our reason, nor hinder the execution of what that dictates.
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Gene Roddenberry was a genius.
