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.Rabindranath Tagore
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When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time.
Haile Gebrselassie -
If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
Victoria Woodhull -
Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
Ralph Norman -
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.
Major Taylor -
This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
Harold Brodkey -
No sensible author wants anything but praise.
A. A. Milne
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
Valerie Cruz -
Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
Wanda Sykes -
My gut feeling about sequels is that they should be premeditated: You should try to write a trilogy first or at least sketch out a trilogy if you have any faith in your film.
Vin Diesel -
In 15 years we'll have all the sequence, a list of the genes everyone has in common and those that differ among people. We know only something like a tenth of 1 percent of the sequence at the moment.
Walter Gilbert -
You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
Lance Henriksen -
As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
Jack Markell
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
Patricia Cornwell -
I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
Fatos Nano -
I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
I do think that the success, although still not complete... in the recognition of equal rights... to all Americans, regardless of color, creed and so forth, was also one of the best stories we've had to report.
Walter Cronkite -
I'm an emotional person.
Joanne Rowling -
If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
Lara Spencer
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Every day, I wake up and say, 'Good Morning, Jesus.'
Vanity -
I was a lousy waiter, dealing with people and having people in your face like that.
Judge Reinhold -
Crack offered a lot of money to the inner-city youth who didn't go to college. Which enabled them to become businessmen. I know about maybe five people in the entertainment industry who did their peak work as a result of crack usage.
Questlove -
If you just go out there and run 100 miles, it breaks down a lot of barriers in terms of self-imposed limitations.
Dean Karnazes -
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.
Rabindranath Tagore