Ravi Shankar Quotes
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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The mark of all good art is not that the thing done is done exactly or finely, for machinery may do as much, but that it is worked out with the head and the workman's heart.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.
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True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities.
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At one point, we were across the street from the Sharon Tate house; at another, we lived in Elvis's old Bel Air bachelor pad. It was where he first met the Beatles.
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I am not trying to make an image; I am an actor trying to sell movies.
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I was a sophomore in college, and I did an industrial video about how to use the Internet - that dates me! It was with John Turturro, somehow they had gotten John Turturro to do this thing, and I was so excited and so nervous I probably drank 10 cups of coffee that morning.
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The bottom line is that there is a lot more that could and should be done to help people with nutrition and exercise.
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If your reader has been given a rousing opening, he will usually then sit still for at least some exposition. But be sure to follow that chunk of telling with one or more dramatized scenes. That's much more effective than being given section after section of telling.
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I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.
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If a woman feels anchored to a man's plans, she may start to resent him for the fun she's worried she's missing.
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A lot of jazz artists think people should like what they're doing just because it's jazz. I don't buy that.
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Anyone wanting a new house picks one from among those built on speculation or still in process of construction. The builder no longer works for his customers but for the market.
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90 percent of the records I make are spontaneous.
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Guys like Josh Gordon need to stay in his sport and mind his own business.
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I went from my mother to my wife. And to this day, I can't bear to be alone.
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Women only cut their hair in times of crisis... It's somethin' a woman always has the power to do, even when she loses control over everything else. Cuttin' hair is a cry for help.
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From my childhood, I am like this. I never go parties and attend functions.
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I think Michelle Obama is on the right track with her Let's Move campaign to bring down childhood obesity. She and I come from the same state, Illinois, which is number four in the nation for obese children. One out of five Illinois children are considered obese. Not overweight, obese. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese.
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My childhood memories of my grandparents are of a wonderful, complementary couple. While my grandfather had a spirited, humorous personality, my grandmother is gentle and poised.
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To me, you know, from my childhood I always had a fascination for United States.
