Farhan Akhtar Quotes
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Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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Candice is the original spelling of my name. I changed it to Kandyse when I was really young and first starting out in the business as kind of a joke. I didn't realize it would stick! I did consider changing it, but then it seemed too confusing, so then I asked them to change it back. Not too soon, however!
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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The fundamental vision hasn't changed. What does change is how you get there, because there are still problems you have to figure out.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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I can't change my personality. I'll always smile, but I'll be more focused.
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I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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I argue in this paper that we are on the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on Earth.
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If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
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My career was quite unusual, so my main advice to someone interested in a career similar to my own is to remain open to change and new opportunities. I like to tell students that the jobs I took after my Ph.D. were not in existence only a few years before.
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After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.
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Creative thinking inspires ideas. Ideas inspire change.
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We collaborate with other countries on issues like public health and climate change because we understand these issues affect our collective welfare.
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My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.
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Continuity is at the heart of conservatism: ecology serves that heart.
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Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares.
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I think making friends is not being afraid to look stupid, because everyone wants a friend who is willing to be stupid and fun. If you try and be too cool, it only works in high school. After that, being uncool is a very cool thing to do. So just have fun, and don't worry what other people think of you and people will want to be your friends.
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Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.
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Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights. One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people's freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible. It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires.
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