Vandana Shiva Quotes

The spinning wheel became the symbol of Indian independence. So we always say, "if the spinning wheel was the symbol of our first independence, then the seed is the symbol of our second independence."

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• Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

  

  Ralph Boston
  • Life
  • Finish
  • Winner

• Bollywood has always pampered heroes and treated actors as second class citizens. But, of late, it has realised that there has to be space for actors who can connect with people.

  

  Nawazuddin Siddiqui
  • People
  • Space
  • Heroes

• This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.

  

  Edouard Manet
  • Work
  • She
  • Bad

• Indeed, throughout much of history and in many cultures, redheads have been viewed with suspicion and fear - and even killed - because of their hair.

  

  Kate Williams
  • History
  • Fear
  • Hair

• I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.

  

  Garrison Keillor
  • Work
  • Real
  • Boy

• For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.

  

  Warren Beatty
  • Me
  • Relationship
  • Excitement

• Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative one to another, or the same person may perceive it partly practically and partly speculatively.

  

  Samuel Alexander
  • May
  • Same
  • Perception

• I don't think any relationship responds well to pressure.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Relationship
  • Pressure
  • Well

• I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

  

  Barry Zito
  • School
  • High
  • Popular

• It rests in the hands of the common person as well as those with the power to shape humanity's course toward a world where every child, woman and man's most basic needs are met.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • World
  • Power
  • Man

• People have to do what they want to do.

  

  J Mascis
  • People
  • Want

• 'Crystal Fairy' was one of the first movies I did after I recommitted to the idea of acting.

  

  Gaby Hoffmann
  • Acting
  • Movies
  • Crystal

• Though not a true cereal but a fruit, buckwheat seeds resemble cereal grains and are often used in a similar way to rice, barley, bulgar or quinoa, usually as a side dish.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • True
  • Way
  • Fruit

• There are hits and misses, and as an actress, we are mentally ready for all that.

  

  Karisma Kapoor
  • Ready
  • Actress
  • Hits

• There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • American
  • City
  • Single

• The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Man
  • Successful
  • Rich

• Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.

  

  Dan Quayle
  • Great
  • Game
  • Sport

• For 8 years now I've been addicted to cold turkey. When I tell people I'm quitting cold turkey, they say,'What are you quitting?', I'm fucking quitting cold turkey.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Cold

• It's important not to censor yourself and not to get upset or demoralized when you write bad stuff.

  

  Elif Batuman
  • Important
  • Bad

• Why do investors seem to care about 'billion dollar exits?' Historically, top venture funds have driven returns from their ownership in just a few companies in a given fund of many companies.

  

  Aileen Lee
  • Why

• Rest and be thankful.

  

  William Wordsworth
  • Thankfulness

• She is not old, she is not young, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue. The haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that wildly fly, The famished face, the fevered hand, Who slights the worthiest in the land, Sneers at the just, contemns the brave, And blackens goodness in its grave.

  

  William Watson
  • Eye
  • Brave
  • Anger

• I was involved in the 'reformicon' effort in 2013-2014, which was explicitly, 'We can't just Xerox Reagan.' In the spirit of Reagan, actually, we could rethink things - maybe we need to think more about job-training programs, earned income tax credit, adjust the tax code.

  

  Bill Kristol
  • Job
  • Effort
  • Training

• The spinning wheel became the symbol of Indian independence. So we always say, "if the spinning wheel was the symbol of our first independence, then the seed is the symbol of our second independence."

  

  Vandana Shiva