A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
Quotes to Explore
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
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There were centuries when civilization had no theater.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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There's nothing called a perfect pick-up line. Men always have to face the risk of rejection.
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I've learnt that it is important not to go over the top with aggression, because then either you are going to miss a lot of games, or you are not going to be concentrating on the game you are playing.
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
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Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our fathers have done them or our neighbors do them, and the same is true of a larger part than what we suspect of what we think.
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Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.
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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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I can't do any competitive sport myself!
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In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking for. Brands have been around for a long time.
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I wondered a little why God was such a useless thing. It seemed a waste of time to have him. After that he became less and less, until he was... nothingness.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe, as it is written in the Bible, that it is my duty to increase this heritage for which one day I shall be called upon to give an account. Whoever tries to interfere with my task I shall crush.
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Providing good education to all citizens is necessary if India wishes to be counted as a developed nation.
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When we signed our deal in 1974, we'd already been together for six years. When they lowered the drinking age in Ontario in 1971 to 18 years, we went from playing two or three high schools in a month to playing clubs two or three times a week.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
