Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
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I am sick and tired of the process where everybody tells you that Indian companies don't have the technology and capability. We need to put money where our mouth is and make things happen, and that is what we are trying to do.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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Think and grow rich.
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I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
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The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
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I think twerking is overrated.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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I never ever Google myself. That way madness lies.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I was halfway through a rough draft of 'The Sisters Brothers' when it came time to start the 'Terri' adaptation.
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It's essential for a fighter to go separately and just focus on training away from everybody else.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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Science today is a highly collaborative exercise, and to convert it into a contest, as the Nobel does, is a bad way to look at science.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be!
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Somehow life doesn't always pay off to those who are most insistent.
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More than any other modern tool, computers are a total mystery to their users. Most people never open them up to fix them or to see how they work.
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How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
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My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
