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		I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. R. Rahman 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Venus Williams 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hansika Motwani 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love the Victorian era, and I always have, but I had a leg up on the writing because I was familiar with a lot of the science from the Victorian era. And that led to a massive interest in the science of this time of history. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gail Carriger 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Maajid Nawaz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karl Rove 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zbigniew Brzezinski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Babasaheb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Daniel Day-Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Mahesh Babu 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
				Nastassja Kinski 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Queen Rania of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Haley Bennett 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I have never been able to separate - nor have I wanted to - my personal love and desire for truth, passion, and understanding from my lyrics. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Kowalczyk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When you're young, oddly enough, you're more afraid, more conservative about what it is you have. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ed Weeks 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The case of Iran, a nuclear program that the Iranians admit was 18 years on, that we underestimated. And, in fact, we didn't discover it. It was discovered by a group of Iranian dissidents outside the country who pointed the international community at the location. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David Kay 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Miller 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Damien Chazelle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				A. R. Rahman