A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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The British have always made terrible parents.
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I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classroom libraries. Our message to kids should be that reading is for everyone.
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If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.
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I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Acting had been a hobby that turned into a career, the directing was a hobby that turned into a career, and music just really allowed me to find another way to express myself. I started playing bass in November 1996, and by June 1998 I was doing my first live show.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
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Being onstage is just a feeling that you cannot duplicate anywhere else because the energy that the audience is giving you forces you to give more energy. It's such an output and exchange of energy. You can't do that anywhere else.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a metaphor, not just for books but for ideas, for language, for knowledge, for beauty, for all the things that make us human, for collecting memory.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
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I've always had an interest in doing something that was outside my comfort zone; I had this thing about standing on the edge of the cliff and deciding to jump.
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I'm good friends with Jay Leno, good friends with Ed O'Neill, Melanie Fiona and Russell Simmons.
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If you're speaking of a fantasy player, then it has to be Leo Messi as he's so unpredictable. He's an absolute genius.
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Love is always a stranger in the house of avarice.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
