Ravi Shankar Quotes
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There will be many types of assets codified into the blockchain, and they are all not just going to be on the bitcoin blockchain - it's going to be a number of different assets here. And the best way to invest in that is a diversified portfolio.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.
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Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.
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I was a campaign widow.
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I feel like fashion and music relate to each other in a lot of ways. I always had to be creative: I'm a very creative person. I always liked making stuff. Apart from music, I always liked making clothes. You're able to express yourself.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.
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Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station.
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It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.
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I didn't get acne until after college, and I was very concerned, not only because I didn't have the discipline to not pick at my face but then that would lead to scarring and more acne - it's a vicious cycle that can be broken!
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Neither situations nor people can be altered by the interference of an outsider. If they are to be altered, that alteration must come from within.
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I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
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For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'
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When people say that George Harrison made me famous, that is true in a way.
