Kalpana Chawla Quotes

In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.

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• I came up from growing up with a lot of Catholic guilt, a lot of punk rock, hipster guilt in the later years where I think people have thrown a lot of things on me. Where I always felt like I'm not supposed to tell the horn section what to play or I don't want to come off egotistical.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • People
  • Up
  • Growing

• I don't pretend to be anything but an actor and a writer.

  

  Dan Futterman
  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Pretend

• You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Time
  • Job
  • Law

• I have been on dialysis in Istanbul, Milan, Indonesia, Manila, London. It's - it's amazing.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Amazing
  • London
  • Milan

• You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.

  

  J. Martin Kohe
  • You
  • Day
  • Everyday

• My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.

  

  Pamela Anderson
  • People
  • Friends
  • Reading

• I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.

  

  Ed Rendell
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  • Normally

• I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Great
  • You
  • Bond

• In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.

  

  S. Jay Olshansky
  • Believe
  • Food
  • Me

• If you don't ponder the end of the world on a regular basis, I don't think you're really human.

  

  Edan Lepucki
  • World
  • Think
  • End

• It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.

  

  Caitlin Stasey
  • Time
  • Me
  • Taken

• The interesting thing about blockchain is that it has made it possible for humanity to reach a consensus about a piece of data without having any authority to dictate it.

  

  Jaan Tallinn
  • Interesting
  • Humanity
  • Data

• Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Children
  • Kids
  • Service

• When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.

  

  Camila Alves
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  • Work
  • Home

• I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.

  

  Carice van Houten
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  • Strong Woman

• Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

  

  Jack Kornfield
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  • Spiritual
  • Emotional

• The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.

  

  Uri Geller
  • Mind
  • Strong
  • Peace

• You lose the speed before the stamina.

  

  Haile Gebrselassie
  • You
  • Lose
  • Speed

• The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

  

  Ben Okri
  • Suffering

• Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.

  

  Jon Meacham
  • Greatness
  • Presidential

• If anyone has become something, it is because of his dedication. We have no right to put somebody down. We don’t get along at all, but what is not right is not right. The fact that SRK comes out of his house and goes to work provides so many people with work…so who are you to take credit for that?

  

  Salman Khan
  • People
  • Work
  • House

• I'm always drawn to strong female leads, so that's what drew me to 'Lost Girl.' I was a 'Buffy' fan and watched it with friends every week. I was also a big fan of 'Alias' when that was on - they both had strong female leads, and that's what draws me in the most.

  

  Anna Silk
  • Friends
  • Girl
  • Strong

• Neutral men are the devil's allies.

  

  Edwin Hubbell Chapin
  • Men
  • Allies
  • Neutral

• In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.

  

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