R. Madhavan Quotes

I am one of those people who are really short-tempered, but I don't lose it unless it is justified.

R. Madhavan

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• Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

  

  Saint Augustine
  • Soul
  • Humility
  • Foundation

• I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.

  

  Kali Hawk
  • Different
  • Trying
  • Fun

• I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.

  

  Damian Woetzel
  • Want
  • Science
  • Learning

• The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

  

  Otto von Bismarck
  • History
  • Write
  • Main Thing

• I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Live
  • Sports
  • Better

• Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • Mistakes
  • Capitalism

• True character arises from a deeper well than religion.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Character
  • True
  • Religion

• My best friend is my husband.

  

  Samantha Bond
  • Friend
  • Best
  • Husband

• The homegrown terrorists are the most significant because any fighter returning from Syria to the United States would likely be identified and detected by our intelligence and law enforcement agencies.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Law
  • Intelligence

• Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

  

  Ieyasu Tokugawa
  • Forever
  • Root
  • Assurance

• Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a powerful individual. Somehow they have acquired the false notion that tyranny or dictatorship or cruelty are the outcomes of a powerful personality. These characteristics are not power. They are weaknesses disguised as power.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Power
  • Powerful
  • Personality

• Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

  

  Yousef Munayyer
  • Great
  • Fear
  • Respect

• That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.

  

  Gabriel Medina
  • Dream
  • Parents
  • Best

• Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

  

  Maggie Kuhn
  • Power
  • Hands
  • Few

• God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • God
  • Brain
  • Goes

• I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!

  

  Barbara Fialho
  • Paris
  • Chocolate
  • Pastries

• What's great in theater is that you can sustain the arc of a character for a full three hours, whereas in film or TV, you have to create that arc in little pieces, and usually out of sequence.

  

  Daniel Dae Kim
  • Great
  • Character
  • Three

• Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.

  

  Barbara Kingsolver
  • You
  • Story
  • Discipline

• Writing is the process of finding something to distract you from writing, and of all the helpful distractions - adultery, alcohol and acedia, all of which aided our writing fathers - none can equal the Internet.

  

  Adam Gopnik
  • Writing
  • Internet
  • Alcohol

• I love to read. I love to stretch. In the morning, I get up, and if I'm not in a hurry, I will lie on the floor on a rug, look through some books and magazines, and maybe listen to music and try to do stretching exercises to tune up.

  

  Jackson Browne
  • Music
  • Books
  • Lie

• I have very mixed feelings about Jesse Jackson. He's very good about labor, and human and civil rights issues, but not so good on cultural issues.

  

  Eric Reed Boucher
  • Good

• I love home. I'd rather be at home than anywhere else.

  

  Martin Freeman
  • Home

• But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • People
  • Long
  • Immortality

• I am one of those people who are really short-tempered, but I don't lose it unless it is justified.

  

  R. Madhavan
  • People
  • Lose
  • Justified