K. Balachander Quotes
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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The fallacy of the neoclassicals is their tenet that total employment, though hit by shocks, can be said always to be heading back to some normal level.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself the label 'bisexual', but bi-curious? Yea.
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If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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In a live performance, it's a collaboration with the audience; you ride the ebb and flow of the crowd's energy. On television, you don't have that.
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The reality for us in America is that we will never get out of debt with more than 15 million people out of work.
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I think my biggest fear is trying to communicate in Spanish with someone I don't know and them laughing at me or thinking it's awful, but for the most part, people I've encountered just see that I'm trying, and they're helpful. It's helpful to me to communicate with people.
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The first trillionaire in the world will be the person who mines asteroids.
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If that's the only thing that's stopping war then thank God for the bomb.
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People seldom recognize opportunity for it comes disguised as hard work.
