Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.
Quotes to Explore
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It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.
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In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first.
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The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rather than on top of the jokes.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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My fear is that people associate Rand Paul's social conservatism with libertarianism, when it's not.
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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.
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I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.
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I think anyone who behaves boorishly but without a good sense of humor is not as fun to watch.
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I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.
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You have good days and bad days.
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Hobbits are an unobtrusive but very ancient people, more numerous formerly than they are today; for they love peace and quiet and good tilled earth: a well-ordered and well-farmed countryside was their favourite haunt.
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Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old shared a little of what he is good at doing.
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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
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The good thing about execution issues are that they are within our control.
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My first seven novels were contemporary spiritual novels, my next nine had strong elements of fantasy, and now I'm writing thrillers, more as a choice to spread my wings than anything. Writers, like good wine, should mature with age.
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With the growth of Harvard from a small provincial college into a great University, a unique paranoia has swept the ranks of local officialdom, furrowing brows throughout University Hall. The lurking fear is that somehow, in the operations of the gigantic administrative machine, a student might get lost in the shuffle.
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True success is overcoming the fear of being unsuccessful.
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It's a real luxury to have a studio all to myself, somewhere to start mood boards for the next collection.
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Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework.
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My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.
