C. V. Raman Quotes
From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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She's been on more laps than a napkin.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.
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We were like a white family from the 1920s or something. My parents had this bizarre, different way of looking at things from the people that surrounded us. I went to an all-Mexican grade school and an all-black high school, and not many people in those places liked the same stuff as me.
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White actors still get way more money in Hollywood. It's been that way for a very long time. I hope it'll change, but it's a matter of forcing that change.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that in your brains and in your hands, wherever you go... It's one thing to carry your life wherever you go. Another thing to always go looking for it somewhere else.
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One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate.
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I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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Performing live on stage is such a community, whether it's my musicians or a cast of a show that I'm in. And then when you're in the studio or on set, it's a much more solitary experience. Both can serve me at different times in my life. And when I go back and forth from one to the other, it helps me appreciate all of them much better.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time.
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No sacrifice is lost for a great ideal! (p. 135)
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The food industry profits from providing poor quality foods with poor nutritional value that people eat a lot of.
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A New Yorker is anyone who has the guts to really live in the city.
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When your tummy is full - even while shooting for long hours - you feel good.
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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
