Madeleine de Souvre Quotes
Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what we do not know.
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Was music my talent really? No, I don't think I was particularly talented.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I never said I was a genius.
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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. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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I'm a bit of a fashion magpie.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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If a great role comes along, and you are too tall to play it, then I think the role is too small for your talents.
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There's been so many unbelievable players in Los Angeles, maybe the best of the best.
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I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11
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We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the working class is not desperately anxious to become just like itself. I am afraid this must be unlearned.
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Often the desire to appear competent impedes our ability to become competent, because we more anxious to display our knowledge than to learn what we do not know.
