Shakuntala Devi Quotes
Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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I'm a little bit of a control freak.
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I stayed in the ghetto. Then I stayed in condos, then I stayed in penthouses, and then I stayed in mansions.
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You can't really plan for how that training session or competition is going to go. You have to see what your horse is giving you to work with, and then you tailor all your training around that.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking if it wanted a Jewish state.
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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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I could have gone on flying through space forever.
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If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.
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The Premier League is a very strong league. Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Liverpool all have a high quality. But those who know me also know that I always want to win titles. And I think that Manchester United are a club which can win titles.
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We are spending more money on bond holders than we are on our own citizens. It took 204 years to have this happen. The other party will not even allow a recorded vote on this issue so that we can see how people stand on that issue.
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States get to improve transportation infrastructure; that creates economic development, puts people back to work and, most important, enhances safety and improves local communities.
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I cannot wait to come back to Glasgow. I know the place like the back of my hand. In fact, one of the jobs I had as a student was in Cineworld. And I was always at gigs in King Tut's, Nice 'n' Sleazy's and the Barras. I played Ultimate Frisbee down on Glasgow Green and pulled pints in O'Neill's on Queen Street.
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Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don't think I've got any better at them.
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The eventual survival of the tradition is ultimately not at stake.
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I've always been impelled to say the truth. When I was 14, in 1954, I already wrote a gay novel, though I'd never read one. I felt that life handed me a great subject, gay life, that had scarcely been examined, and I was impelled to record it in all its strange detail.
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Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
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Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
