A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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All I came to Los Angeles with was a dream. No one from my family ever left Ohio.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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I love women's bodies. I love luxury.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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A man that ain't willin' to cheat for a poke don't want it bad enough.
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And I want to rise up, throw my arms open for a vast embrace, address an ample, luminous discourse to the invisible crowds. I would start like this: "O rainbow-colored gods. . .
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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I am obsessed with kale. I make kale salads and kale chips, and I think it's so yummy.
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I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.
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To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
