Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do.
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Every woman looks good in a flamenco dress.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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Russia and China, which have embraced autocratic capitalism, have attracted admirers and emulators by the seeming success of their strongman rule.
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That's the joy of making a movie: watching all the elements come together.
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I love to bake. There's something very ritualistic about it, kind of magic.
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Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.
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I've moved around so much my whole life, and I've gotten so used to being the Other in situations - the foreigner, the outsider. The first time I've ever felt like there was no separation between me and the other elements was in music.
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If you want to teach women to be great writers, you should show them the best, and the best was often done by men. It was more often done by men than by women, if we're going to be truthful.
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It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent.
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The $52.6 billion U.S. intelligence arsenal is aimed mainly at unambiguous adversaries, including al-Qaida, North Korea and Iran. But top-secret budget documents reveal an equally intense focus on one purported ally: Pakistan.
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Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.
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Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.
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I don't want to say I was ever scared to voice my opinion. I was just trying to make a good example, I guess you could say. And even when I'm more outspoken, I believe that I am still making a good example for younger athletes and also future athletes.
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I didn't have that normal teenage period when you build up your friends in your area and you have a social circle.
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The good thing about me is, I only do deals with people that I love to begin with.
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There are times when you're working with film people when you have to say, 'If the camera were on you, what you're doing would be perfect'.
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I've been a sports fan forever.
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At root what is needed for scientific inquiry is just receptivity to data, skill in reasoning, and yearning for truth. Admittedly, ingenuity can help too.
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When there's love enough you can stand anything. When there isn't, you can stand nothing. Living together every day you find out a lot you didn't know, and love can't keep still. It's got to grow or die.
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We have kept our children so busy with "useful" and "improving" activities that we are in danger of raising a generation of young people who are terrified of silence, of being alone with their own thoughts.
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Playing piano and singing whatever comes naturally is the best thing for me - the only thing that feels genuine.
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Nothing can be forced, receptivity is everything.
