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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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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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 remember when I first met Katherine Bigelow for 'Zero Dark Thirty' – actually, we met for another movie, and that never got made, and then she called me and invited me to 'Zero Dark Thirty'.
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Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.
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The fictional narratives that television, film, and the news provide for girls and young women are appalling.
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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I've always tried to be perfect. And I need to stop trying to be perfect and worry about becoming better.
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Those of us who lived under communism for most of our lives were looking toward the Western world because of its values, emphasis on democracy, individual liberties and freedom, and economic prosperity.
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I believe in the simple things in life; everything derives from the beginning. You take things very simplistically and try to be the best person you can be.
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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.
