Pierre Omidyar Quotes
My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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I never feel with the fashion stuff that it's too fake. If I was a model and had a working part in Fashion Week, then I might feel like that, but I'm just a visitor. I really only walk in and watch the shows and think, 'Maybe I could wear that in a video.' I meet the designer, say hello, and then I go.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Nationalism in Norway was very strong in 1905, that we must be free of Sweden. But I must say, I'm not 100 percent sure that was a wise decision. We had the war; we were occupied by Germans from 1940 to '45. And if there had been one Scandinavian country, then it would not have been so very easy probably to go ahead with the occupation.
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I sometimes try to think of my life as an Iranian, and it is hard to imagine. I am grateful for the life I have had in America and all the amazing opportunities and experiences it has given me. But there is a spirit in Iranians I can see that is unbounded by geography.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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With the backdrop of its geostrategic location and historical ties with the Middle East, Turkey has an essential role to play for the stability, peace and social development of the region.
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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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Anything that's on television as often as someone on 'The X Factor' is what's successful. That doesn't mean that I condone that or think that it's right. To be honest, I'd be the first to say I think it's a shame. But if that's the way it is then that's the way it is.
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I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.
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I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff.
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What I always meant by that was that I do believe that a lot of directors, and writers, and sometimes producers just lose their edge because they haven't seen anybody or talked to anybody or been with anybody who isn't a kind of replica of themselves for a long period of time.
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As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.
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My parents made me believe I could do anything I wanted to do. They were really into empowering me.
