Vandana Shiva Quotes
I absolutely get thrills from taking on these big guys and recognizing how, behind all their power, they are so empty. I just keep going at it. Each of these balloons does deflate. Ive seen a lot of balloons get deflated in my life.
Quotes to Explore
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At the end of the day, every decision I make about my music is about creating a collective.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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I am trying my best to strike a balance. How many hours a day can I work? I work for 12-15 hours a day; it gets very strenuous. I balance between Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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With all the chaos, pain and suffering in the world, the fact that my adoption of a child from who was living in an orphanage, you know, was the number one story for a week in the world. To me, that says more about our inability to focus on the real problems.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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The relationship between violence and nonviolence in this country is interesting. The fact of the matter is, you know, people do respond to riots. The 1968 Housing Act was in large response to riots that broke out after Dr. Martin Luther King was killed. They cited these as an actual inspiration.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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There have always been arguments showing that free will is an illusion: some based on hard physics, others based on pure logic.
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
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I find the world pretty overwhelming, so I'm getting into meditation and doing lots of yoga. And I love my garden, and I love nature, and I feel like that grounds me and keeps my mind clear.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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I think if we give kids a break in education, we would have fewer crimes being committed. If we keep them on track, they know that they have options. It's important for me because, you know, my life would've been different had I not had the education that I had.
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The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.
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All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad.
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One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.
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The environment that nutures creative programmers kills management and marketing types - and vice versa.
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I absolutely get thrills from taking on these big guys and recognizing how, behind all their power, they are so empty. I just keep going at it. Each of these balloons does deflate. Ive seen a lot of balloons get deflated in my life.
