Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Quotes
It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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I struggled for many, many years following 'Music and Lyrics' - I mean really struggled.
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When it comes down to music, I have no balance. I am 100 percent. It is like full throttle. Five hundred miles an hour.
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I certainly didn't have a nanny.
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The Supreme Court has insulted you over and over again, Lord. They've taken your Bible away from the schools. They've forbidden little children to pray. They've taken the knowledge of God as best they can, and organizations have come into court to take the knowledge of God out of the public square of America.
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I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.
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I think you need to love giving compliments as much as you love receiving them.
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I don't go looking for stories with the idea of wrongness in my head, no. But the fact is, a lot of great stories hinge on people being wrong.
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It is like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock, which not only is itself discredited but casts a shade of doubt over all previous assertions.
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I had an obsession with underarm shields - pointy ones, round ones, full ones, half ones.
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I'm the luckiest broad on two feet, I'll tell you that. They say once a woman passes 40 she doesn't get any good parts, so I'm blessed.
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When people ask me where I am from I never say, 'Serbia.' I always say, 'I come from a country that no longer exists.'
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If you can use a search engine, you can find any piece of music that's been recorded for free. I'm not saying that's right, but it's a fact, and I'm surprised that more people don't accept or acknowledge that and try to adapt in some way.
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In a long story like 'Weathercraft,' it becomes kind of convoluted. It can become perhaps difficult to remember what led up to whatever point you're at. I worried a little bit about people being able to keep the shape of the story in their heads while they were reading it, and not wonder how they got wherever they were.
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The teenage zone: the stage when an adolescent's brain synapses quit firing while the rest of their body races toward adulthood.
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I'm not really a fan of healthy food - I love eating! But, of course, I do work out.
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Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.
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Adults are locked into car payments and divorces and work. They haven't got time to think fresh.
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It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.
