A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
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Any actor is happy to be involved with something that's challenging, controversial, and not easily palatable. Things that are too dumbed down or easy to swallow are uninteresting... It's good when people have such a polarizing response.
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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa.
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I'm not faithful to one particular medium, and it's what I try to teach to people who work with me.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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Violence is literally the glue of the cycle of life, and yet I think that we're the only species that does it maliciously.
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Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems.
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What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
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It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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Real golf is the 20 million people who play once a week or once a month.
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Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
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We are all seduced by charismatic people, whether it's in your office or in the bus or in the train. There are people who just, like, come through the door, and everybody turns around and looks at them and feels drawn to them.
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.
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Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
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As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P. These guys really understand how to be progressive and fashion forward.
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There will be this mix of people like me who write for major national newspapers and amateur critics, practitioner critics, whose primary way of distributing what they talk about is through blogs and on the web. The line between professional and amateur criticism will become increasingly blurred. The problem here is that if you want to do this for a living, you have to be able to earn a living doing it.
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Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.
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I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.
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I'm pretty much an open book.
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Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
