Esha Gupta Quotes
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
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Every Christmas Eve, the elves will come and give us a new pair of pajamas.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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We talk a lot about hope, helping, and teamwork. Our whole message is that we are more powerful together.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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I definitely look up to Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins, and J.K. Rowling.
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Human nature and deliberate effort must unite, and then the reputation of the sage and the work of unifying all under Heaven are thereupon brought to completion.
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I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.
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I did feel pressure to look a certain way on 'Hollyoaks.' But I just had to stay strong and not let myself get into a state of mind that isn't healthy.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.
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...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men on the expedition felt overwhelmed by their most ancient memories in that paradise of dampness and silence, going back to before original sin, as their boots sank into pools of steaming oil and their machetes destroyed bloody lilies and golden salamanders.
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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If you love animals, please don't eat them.
