A. R. Ammons Quotes
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Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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China is still the fastest growing economy in the world, but we need to learn how to use money in a better way, and it's about quality, not quantity.
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I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
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I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.
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They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.
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We have the only cookbook in the world that has partial differential equations in it.
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Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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Most pieces take between two and three weeks and involve more than 40 people from the fabric cutters to the embroiders to the sewers. It's an elaborate undertaking.
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During the Cold War, the United States took its friends where it found them. If they were willing to cast their lot with us, from the Shah to Gen. Pinochet, we welcomed them. Democratic dissidents like Jawaharlal Nehru in India and Olof Palme in Sweden got the back of our hand.
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The Hit Stick is a tremendous invention. It really gave you control as a defensive player because most of the time, 'Madden' is such an offensive game. But the Hit Stick really gave you the opportunity to shine on defense for the first time.
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I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.
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I'm always gonna have the darker edgy music; it is always in my pocket because it comes so naturally to me.
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When I think of Italy now, I think of accessories, possessions, bad TV, fake boobs, BMWs.
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I try not to label myself anything, really, but you know, I'm definitely an indoorsy person, and I definitely kind of just try to, you know, stay away from life in the public eye, at least.
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I should be concentrating on writing pages.
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A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.
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The memories that I have are mostly at our old ranch, out in Agoura. We used to go out there every Saturday. I can smell the oak trees. I can see it so clearly.
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The problem is that at a lot of big companies, process becomes a substitute for thinking. You're encouraged to behave like a little gear in a complex machine. Frankly, it allows you to keep people who aren't that smart, who aren't that creative.
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There's something about being under-rested and knowing that the situation is going to remain that way for quite some time that makes things more meaningful.
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It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.
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MIRRORMENTBirds are flowers flyingand flowers perched birds.
