Mikhail Kalashnikov Quotes
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I love dressing up.
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I really like children to watch my movies.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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The place where you're from defines who you are. You put yourself in the wrong situation, the wrong things happen.
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I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.
Garry Kasparov -
Perfectionists are their own devils.
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I have to arrange my life very carefully. I need eight hours' sleep to work.
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I'm not in the luxury-goods business. I sell unique objects. I wish I was in luxury goods because then I could just call the factory and say, 'I need 10,000 more of whatever.' But I can't - because then it's not art, it's something else.
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In England or America, actors do not have to cater to an image. In India, it is almost demanded of us. Very seldom do you get a film where you can walk away from your image.
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Some people call me scrappy - and that's because I am.
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I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.
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When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the needed solidity.
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My father, in 1952, just in his 20s, my father became the chief spokesman for the Nation of Islam. From 1952 to 1959, there were four temples. My father was responsible and credited for having maximized this membership. From four temples to 50 temples, there was so much work involved.
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Things happen, I thought, and we respond. That's what it all comes down to. To believe anything else, as far as I could tell, was simply an illusion.
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Leave the door open for the unknown, the door into the dark. That’s where the most important things come from, where you yourself came from, and where you will go.
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I'm a showgirl. After 20 years in show business, I've learned to roll with the punches.
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We are thankful for good-will rather than for services, for the motive than the quantum of favor received.
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Man keeps inventing things all the time.
