A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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Winning is everything in Hollywood.
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The thing about travelling is that you work hard and play hard, but you can do all those things without your parents knowing.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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If women's rights are a problem for some modern Muslim men, it is neither because of the Quran nor the Prophet, nor the Islamic tradition, but simply because those rights conflict with the interests of a male elite.
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Carrie-Anne Moss is awesome. I am just going to put that out there.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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You fly. You aviate. You do everything you can to get the aircraft safely on the ground.
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The competition between me and Bill Gates, probably: Who can spend money more effectively that can do better philanthropy.
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We all have very personal relationships to what happened on 9/11 and the events after tracking Osama bin Laden. Nobody can escape from the influence of that.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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I think it is widely agreed that Carl Steinitz, over the 50 years he taught at Harvard, has been one of the most important figures in influencing the theory and practice of landscape architecture and the application of computer technology to planning.
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With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait years and years for the next book.
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Jazz is the art of thinking out loud.
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I don't know that white people need to be 'allies' so much as understand that any black struggle in America is ultimately a struggle for the large country. 'Ally' presumes a kind of distance that I am not sure exists.
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I'm used to doing independent film where the style is a lot more casual. With improvising, you obviously find so much out on the day - and in a way, I feel more comfortable doing that.
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But there's always a Mass. It's not a formal Mass at all. We're sitting around her dining room table with wine and Eucharist and holding hands. It's very informal and small, but to me that's a wonderful way to have Mass.
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We didn't know he'd be back this week, but we had seen him on film and expected him to be back.
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Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it exactly right on the page - but rather, will assume that she's getting it right without the struggle.
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Violet is my everything. She's the sweetest little girl in the whole world. She inspires me. I'm glad that we have such a close relationship because she makes me laugh and shows me how great life can be every day.
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A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.
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When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
