Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?
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I have received the greatest honor in my life - and the greatest surprise. Never did I dream that the Nobel Prize could be awarded for the reciprocal relations.
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When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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For every person who has ever lived there has come, at last, a spring he will never see. Glory then in the springs that are yours.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.
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My mantra is: 'Good design accelerates the adoption of new ideas.'
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I'm a political conservative.
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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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There is nothing more exciting than having a life devoted to fundamental knowledge and to contributing to advance the borders of knowledge.
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I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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Doing it your own way, not having to go exactly by the book to be successful.
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With four perfectionists in the band, we have a hard time reaching perfection.
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Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.
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My music is a personal thing, and I feel like if I talk too much about the songs, or if there's too much of my personal life out there, it ruins it.
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In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!
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I went to school. I went to Juilliard. You spend 13 hours a day on voice and speech. Now I realize why.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it's home. There's nothing quite like walking onstage at Madison Square Garden.
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Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?
