Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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As a very young girl, I understood that the interior activities of the home are as significant as the exterior activities of society.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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Too many African countries have already hit rock-bottom - ungoverned, poverty-stricken, and lagging further and further behind the rest of the world each day; there is nowhere further to go down.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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It hurts every day when you practice hard, but when this decathlon is over, I got the rest of my life to recuperate. Who cares how bad it hurts?
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I had seen the ballet of 'Swan Lake' as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
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I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.
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One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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To me, 'rock star' conjures up something like a mystic: someone who sees himself as above other people, someone who has the key to the secret that people want to know.
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America is a meritocracy.
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I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.
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When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.
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When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.
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We're not doing what we do because of sanctions. We're doing what we do because we believe it is right.
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I'm an atheist, I always thought, 'This is it.' If there is going to be a heaven, it should be on earth. I feel much happier than most people. I'm fairly stoic about death, but I'm not keen on dying if it's going to be long and protracted. I don't have dark nights of the soul, except occasionally. I'm such a little busy bee.
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Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.
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Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would be nothing left for me to do, the task of living having been accomplished.
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A courageous man prefers death to the surrender of self-respect.
