Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.
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I always seem to feel that everything is about to cave in on me. I think that maybe music is my protection from that and in some senses it's an outlet to turn it into something euphoric: embracing the eventual decline.
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When my dad, Tommy Tucker Kelly, was about six, he started out with his dad on 'The Black and White Minstrel' Shows.
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For me, choice is the most important thing because I'm going to be an adult actor pretty soon. So I've got to be choosing the right roles now so that by the time I get to that age there will be wide options available.
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There will always be women who say, 'She doesn't represent me.' In retrospect, these things are gifts, because it forces me to step up and defend what I'm doing.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
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Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation and without limits would be very problematic.
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I love Winston Churchill. I love the wisdom he had, the sagacity. I like people who are independent-minded. People who aren't part of clans or systems, who are talented and free, and able to do things without being corrupted by the system.
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Privacy is important to me. But it's not just about sticking two fingers up and saying I don't want anyone to know my business. It's an artistic choice. I think that for any actor to convince their audience that they have completely inhabited a character requires a certain level of anonymity.
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When I was maybe 5 or 6 years old, the neighborhood girls would sit on the stoop and sing. I was known as the kid who had a good voice and no father.
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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
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I have many times marveled at how I could feel so good about myself while eating peanuts in a middle seat on Southwest Airlines and yet feel so condescended to in first class on United.
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The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
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Change takes courage.
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I don't have to fear that if I do more comedy I'm not going to get to do everything I want. I'll get to do my 'Yentl.'
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Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.
