A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes
There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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Oracle's got 100+ enterprise applications live in the #cloud; today, SAP's got nothin' but SuccessFactors until 2020.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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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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'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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I used to hate reading my old work, but now I'm rather fond of it. I quite like going through it in the hope of making it better.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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We cannot build a viable state with a country that is disintegrating into small pieces.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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If there's one thing I can't stand, it's not being noticed.
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Self-consciousness, that's what it is. Always my abiding vice. I keep seeing myself. Me watching myself watching others watch me. How do you lose that? What's the trick?
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I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.
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I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.
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It would be a very bad idea... to exhibit even a small number of this new series, as the whole effect can only be achieved from an exhibition of the entire group.
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There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.
