Rabindranath Tagore Quotes
All the great utterances of man have to be judged not by the letter but by the spirit - the spirit which unfolds itself with the growth of life in history.
Quotes to Explore
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.
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For almost a century since 1918, the centralised nation-state has been the world's default political form. Its various experiments in industrialisation, urbanisation, mass literacy and consumerism have brought more people into public life.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
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Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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I am so lazy and sometimes will go as late as 9 A.M. to shoot.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
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I should have a better CV, and that's knocked me into believing that I have to grab these opportunities while I can.
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But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.
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We should fight to preserve a country where people such as Michael Moore get to miss the point as badly as he misses it. Michael Moore represents everything I detest in a human being.
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Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.
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I have never received a flute from them for free and I would not accept such a gift from any manufacturer.
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If I've had roadblocks along the way for being gay, I'm not aware of them.
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All the great utterances of man have to be judged not by the letter but by the spirit - the spirit which unfolds itself with the growth of life in history.
