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.
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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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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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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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With the first act of cruelty committed in the name of revolution, with the first murder, with the first purge and execution, we have lost the revolution.
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I have no doubts that it will be a major sport-in the United States. I'm probably not going to live to see that day because Americans are a little afraid of getting interested in something at which they're not very good.
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Transcendental meditation is something that can be defined as a means to do what one wants to do in a better way, a right way, for maximum results.
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I grew up in a very religious household. My mom was a church organist. I was a religious kid.
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The chance that higher life forms might have emerged in this way is comparable with the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junk-yard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein.
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Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.
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It's always better to deliver the news yourself rather than allow your boss to be surprised.
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How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
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People prefer doing films. That is not the case with me. I don't do theatre because I have to but because it makes me feel alive. I enjoy the whole process of rehearsing, though repetition can make it tedious.
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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.
