Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
Quotes to Explore
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Commitment. This is my favorite word because in some way, people who are committed are always much more interesting and much more reliable, and much more, I would say, deep than people who are not.
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Working on my knowledge and education and learning how to become a more talented and wise person make me feel more sexy.
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I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time.
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It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
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I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just because it's the wrong side of the creator-consumer barrier for me. I'm a visual writer. I think in moving 3D images and write down what I observe.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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Water is good, but if you have too much, you drown. So is water bad, or is it good? It's both.
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I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.
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There is nothing like a good old recipe. If it has lasted, then it is good.
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You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
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People tell you everything changes when you have a kid, but what nobody says is you don't mind.
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It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
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The consumption and production of energy is a major component of the global economy.
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Kibbeh comes in all forms, but most feature bulgur and meat.
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An ordinary physical action of the Avatar releases immense forces in the inner planes and so becomes the starting point for a chain of working, therepercussions and overtones of which are manifest at all levels and are universal in range and effect.
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There is a fine line between passion and gas.
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I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.
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Remember that we can only in our forebrains handle 5-7 items. Our backbrains can handle massive amounts. So when you're given a problem, think about it before you go sleep, and chances are you can solve it by the next morning.
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The trouble is small, the fun is great.
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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
