Socrates Quotes
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
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In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.
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A service of worship is primarily a service to God. When we realize this and act upon it, we make it a service to men.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special.
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Religions cannot change you. If you are angry, you will become an angry Muslim or Hindu. If you are righteous, you will become a righteous Christian or Jew.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.
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This is what's sick about living in L.A. My eight-year-old daughter will point to a woman and say, 'Look! That woman's had too much Botox.' She spots them because they all look a bit like Lord Voldemort from 'Harry Potter.'
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
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You go on Facebook, you buy social advertising. And you can very cost-effectively target people who are in the market for your product from all over the world.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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The sharp thorn often produces delicate roses.
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
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We say of the oak, How grand of girth! Of the willow we say, How slender! And yet to the soft grass clothing the earth How slight is the praise we render.
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The duller eye may often see a thing sooner than the keener.
