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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National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
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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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Hierocles: You will never make the crab walk straight. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)
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Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there's no reason why a great melody doesn't deserve great lyrics.
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The anorexic is out to prove how little she needs, how little she can survive on; she is out, in a sense, to discredit her nurturers, while at the same time making a public crisis out of her need for nurture. Such vulnerability and such power: it brings the whole female machinery to a halt.
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I really think the mind of someone who hasn't been welded into place by their work or studios or actors or this whole society is a wonderful mind to work with, so I'd like to do a big picture with an unknown director.
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I was talking to a woman last night. I said, 'I’m not like other people.' She started to giggle. Then I raised my voice and said evenly, 'That’s one blessing God gave writers - they’re not like other people!'
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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?
