A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Always remember that the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability.
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I do a lot of running and hiking, and I also collect stamps - space stamps and Olympics stamps.
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I probably remember the 1954 Masters more vividly than any of the others.
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I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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In many parts of the world, more people have access to a mobile device than to a toilet or running water.
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The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
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Because of where I come from, I never thought I'd see in my life a black candidate running for President.
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Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together.
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
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What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?
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You can't get more for less. You get what you pay for.
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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo.
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One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.
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Technology is such a broad kind of term, it really applies to so many things, from the electric light to running cars on oil. All of these different things can be called technology. I have kind of a love-hate relationship with it, as I expect most people do. With the computer, I spend so many hours sitting in front of a computer.
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Until I was 21, I wasn't going into the media. I was a professional show jumper; I was going to have a farm... Then my father died, and it changed my life. I realised I had to have a go at being a journalist to see if I could cut the mustard.
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I was a drama-class nerd. I did whatever school production we put on.
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Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
