Viswanathan Anand Quotes
Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.
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I collect handkerchiefs. I know that's sort of old-timey, but my mom started the collection for me, and now I have a bunch. Basically, I have a myriad of beautiful handkerchiefs, and I carry them like a grandmother in my purse. And I opt for hankies in any situation.
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A lot of people try to paint this child actor stigma, but I always looked at it as a great opportunity.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.
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We are not a TV station that only concentrate on those who are always under light. We are not a TV station for celebrities and for grand politicians and superstars. We are a TV station for the ordinary person. The normal people, ordinary people in the Arab world sees Al Jazeera as their voice.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.
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In a democracy, power is not permanent.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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There's a child within me. Everything is fascinating. The hunger to learn, do better and more creative things never goes.
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I do feel that softness for the vulnerability and the innocence in our world, including my own.
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The most important thing is readers. I've got a huge Twitter following, but I don't really think it sells books; I don't think a huge Facebook following sells books - although these things aren't bad, of course.
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I hope my children will grow up to love literature, but I expect they will absorb it as readily via a screen or pod as from glued quires of printed pages.
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I really enjoy my time off. If I'm going to go to work, it has to be something I really believe in, or else it's totally tedious.
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Parents, first and foremost, it is important to... understand and recognise the activities your child is naturally gravitating towards. It's important also to ensure that your child likes what he or she is doing. I believe in exposing children to as many hobbies and extracurricular activities as possible.
