C. Rajagopalachari Quotes
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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We don't want to create a literary ghetto in which black writers are only allowed to write black characters and women writers are put on 'girl books.'
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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I'm a kind person; I don't have a really nihilist streak in me, but I respond to that kind of humour.
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There wasn't really a song or artist that made me want to be a singer, I think I was always a fan of country music.
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Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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I want to show that theater isn't just talking about feelings or people wearing tights.
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I had a vision - and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle, and the sun was darkened - the thunder rolled in the Heavens, and blood flowed in streams - and I heard a voice saying, 'Such is your luck, such are you called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bear it.'
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So many Irish actors overplay that modesty because they're afraid people will judge them and say, 'The state of yer man, he thinks he's great,' or whatever.
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And I love the twist. I love to fool you once, I love to fool you twice, and on the very last page, quite often - very last paragraph sometimes - I like to just play with your perception one more time in a way that makes everything that came before just a little bit different.
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My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.
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I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
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When I first came out, I was a film student, and my mom sewed clothes. I was already doing a million things then, whatever it took to survive. If I had to braid someone's hair to get one pound for my lunch money, that's what I did.
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Governor Palin leans far closer to 'spokesperson' than representative of the people.
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At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in - with a vengeance.
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If you tell the same story five times, it's true.
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You might as well learn about sex from Motley Crue than your parents because it's a lot more interesting.
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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. All that remains of my mother is what I remember and what I have written for and about her. Eventually that is all that will remain of [my husband] and me. Writing sometimes feels frivolous and sometimes sacred, but memory is one of my strongest muses. I serve her with my words. So long as people read, those we love survive however evanescently. As do we writers, saying with our life's work, Remember. Remember us. Remember me.
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Do not demand love. Begin to love. You will be loved.
