Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.
Quotes to Explore
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
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It's on my bucket list, to get in a real fight.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.
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I just wanted to defend football, which is not always easy to do. Those of us who have been in the sport so many years now realise we must protect it and look after it. I was speaking about football, what it means. It is our profession, it has been our lives, and we must take care of it a little.
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In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
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The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
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Yes, exercise is the catalyst. That's what makes everything happen: your digestion, your elimination, your sex life, your skin, hair, everything about you depends on circulation. And how do you increase circulation?
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Having portrayed English-speaking Indian characters in British and American projects, I have always wanted to use my mother tongue in an Indian film.
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Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.
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People without homes will not quarrel with their leaders. This is well known among our principle men now engaged in forming an imperialism of capitalism to govern the world. By dividing the people we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance to us except as teachers of the common herd.
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A functioning democracy cannot stand when its people do not trust their leaders to uphold the law.
