Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.
Quotes to Explore
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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I always want to work on things that really scare me and interest me at the same time, and you know, I definitely had some projects in the past that did that, but the stars never aligned in getting them up. So 'Lion' was another project that really interested me, and the stars did align on this one. It just happened to be my first film!
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I usually play big and mean, big and stupid, or big and funny.
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Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty- their power and privilege- to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians.
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'This is America,' my father used to say to me, 'and in this country, a smart young fellow like you can grow up and do just about anything.' My dad, no doubt, was thinking doctor, lawyer, teacher, scientist or businessman. I was thinking second baseman, New York Yankees.
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That frankly was not in people's minds because there is a world market in oil.
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Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if you believe those things? Prove to me that you’re better than the rabbits we ate last night.
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The problem England have got is that if they don't win the group they will play the French and if they play them, they will be beaten.
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My father was a miner and he worked down a mine.
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I was a big fan of Rodney Dangerfield. He had this HBO Young Comedians Special and he'd always bring up new talent, and I loved that!
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Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.
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I remember when I knew she was going to have to testify in the grand jury and I felt terrible because she'd been through the loss of her sister, this horrible accident at Christmas that killed her brother, and her mother was in the hospital. I was trying to make her understand that I didn't want her to be untruthful to the grand jury and if her memory was different than mine, it was fine, just go in there and tell them what she thought. So that's all I remember.
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Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.
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It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.
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Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his actions; strong is he who forces his actions to control his thoughts.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.
