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 am so romantic about Gypsies. They're not allowed to do anything until they get married. So they all get married really young, at sixteen.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?
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I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
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Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work and her choices.
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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.
