Jay Chandrasekhar Quotes

Violence is totally accepted in this country.

Jay Chandrasekhar

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• There's such a strong community element in country - it's like a family. So I don't want to do anything that can come off, even if I'm not intentionally doing it, as giving the perception that I'm trying to abandon that family.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Country
  • Trying
  • Family

• There is no way a spirit of resistance that has sunk so deep in the population can be repressed.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Deep
  • Spirit
  • Resistance

• Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Passion
  • Singing
  • I Can

• I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • People
  • American
  • Immigration

• In general, if signs of sectarianism do appear in a Socialist Party, these are only the products of the absence of a broad Labour movement in the country.

  

  Karl Radek
  • Country
  • Party
  • Movement

• Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Country
  • Love
  • Man

• If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Country
  • Black
  • Born

• White supremacy is a very, very popular and trenchant belief in this country's history and heritage.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Country
  • History
  • Popular

• During the 1960s, the Shanghai of my childhood seemed a portent of the media cities of the future, dominated by advertising and mass circulation newspapers and swept by unpredictable violence.

  

  J. G. Ballard
  • Future
  • Violence
  • Childhood

• The beauty of our country is that when it was founded that they took some time to lay out civil liberties in the first 10 Amendments - the Bill of Rights. I'm a firm believer in those civil liberties and the ability to have your own opinion.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Time
  • Country
  • Opinion

• I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women, who were born when the country hoped for a male heir, made their way as leaders.

  

  Kate Williams
  • Up
  • Women
  • Country

• The job at Brooklyn is interesting because Brooklyn reflects what happened to university art departments everywhere. It might be the worst department now, and yet at one point it was the best in the country.

  

  Ad Reinhardt
  • Country
  • Art
  • Job

• If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Country
  • Family
  • Mother

• Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

  

  Adam Michnik
  • Country
  • Election
  • Israel

• I've been a comedian, hosted travel shows, explored world religions, started improv troupes, given keynote speeches at conferences around the country, and had a milk shake named after me called the Handicappuccino.

  

  Zach Anner
  • World
  • Country
  • Travel

• Pakistan is a peace-loving, democratic country.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Country
  • Peace
  • Democratic

• As a CEO of a large company, clearly we need policies in the U.S. government that are pro-business, because at the end of the day, we all work within the framework of a country's policies.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Work
  • Country
  • Business

• We're closer to HBO than we are to the entire grid of cable on demand.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Demand
  • Closer
  • HBO

• Globalisation has powered economic growth in developing countries such as China. Global logistics, low domestic production costs, and strong consumer demand have let the country develop strong export-based manufacturing, making the country the workshop of the world.

  

  Ma Jun
  • World
  • Country
  • Strong

• It's a cliche, but Americans are puritanical. In their movies, they are scared of sex, but they overindulge in violence. I could have cut a G-rated version of 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' that would have pleased the American ratings board, but it would have been five minutes long.

  

  Alfonso Cuaron
  • Long
  • American
  • Violence

• I have a boyfriend who knows how to settle me. He puts his hand on my chest and tells me boring stories. On one of our first nights together I woke up apologizing for my snoring and he pulled out two earplugs he had worn to bed so he could hear what I was saying.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • Up
  • Together
  • Hand

• I bought one of those Learn How to Play Guitar Chords By Yourself and it shows you the diagram where to put your hands and I took that in my room, sat with my singles and learned how to play guitar.

  

  Joan Jett

• I do love science fiction, but it's not really a genre unto itself; it always seems to merge with another genre. With the few movies I've done, I've ended up playing with genre in some way or another, so any genre that's made to mix with others is like candy to me. It allows you to use big, mythic situations to talk about ordinary things.

  

  Rian Johnson
  • Science
  • Situation
  • Fiction

• Violence is totally accepted in this country.

  

  Jay Chandrasekhar
  • Country
  • Violence