Ravi Shankar Quotes
Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.
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The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.
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I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
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You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.
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Let the Palestinians run their affairs: create a situation in which no Israeli soldier will have to maintain public order, whether in Gaza or the West Bank. Let's give it to the Palestinians, as long as there is security for us. No more occupying another people.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.
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If you look at our country's history, change doesn't come from presidents. Change comes from large groups of angry people.
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A good designer has technical knowledge - don't treat her like someone who's there to decide whether something should be pink or orange.
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I want to show everyone that if you pursue your dreams, they can come true no matter what. That's what I want to do.
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It isn't necessary to see a good tackle. You can hear it.
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The constellations this year seem unfavourable to rebels.
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Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were.
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I think Matt Yglesias is wrong to declare that the world of 'This Town' is dying, unless he thinks publicly financed elections, strict lobbying bans and Scandinavian-style wealth distribution are imminent.
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We do not like or trust groups. We believe that committees and meetings are a waste of time and that group decisions diffuse accountability. We only spend money and time on team building when it appears to be pragmatically necessary to get the job done. We tout and admire teamwork and the winning team (espoused values), but we don’t for a minute believe that the team could have done it without the individual star, who usually receives much greater pay (tacit assumption).
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Everybody has a right to like or dislike anything or anyone. From a flower to a flavor to a book or a composition but it is very sad that in our country we actually fight over such things in an unseemly manner.
