Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
The idea of the Nation is one of the most powerful anaesthetics that Man has invented. Under the influence of its fumes the whole people can carry out its systematic programme of the most virulent self-seeking without being in the least aware of its moral perversion,-in fact feeling dangerously resentful if it is pointed out.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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I remember watching Audrey Hepburn dancing in movies, and I was inspired by how graceful she looked, though I understand it was no easy task.
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When I was about 3, my grandfather used to give me and my sister a nickel to sit out on the front porch with him and sing songs.
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The idea of the Nation is one of the most powerful anaesthetics that Man has invented. Under the influence of its fumes the whole people can carry out its systematic programme of the most virulent self-seeking without being in the least aware of its moral perversion,-in fact feeling dangerously resentful if it is pointed out.
