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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If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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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
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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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The white men in our colonies are too frequently the savages.
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I do not weep at the world I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
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I've written books as acts of discovery: things I need to know and that I need to touch. And it's very dangerous work to deal with the most toxic internal elements... I feel like Madame Curie at my computer. I feel like I should be hemorrhaging from my eyes and ears.
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If you want a change in the world, be the change.
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Man keeps inventing things all the time.
