Indira Gandhi Quotes
There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
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I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
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The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
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I think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.
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Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
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Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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I used to think drinking was the only way to be happy. Now I know there is no way to be happy.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.
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Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
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What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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No one has a right to comment on anyone's life or the choices I do or don't make.
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Not prejudge others – not decide their value before knowing them.
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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.
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That so unlikely an outcome should accrue to a man possessed of such limited talent and so many flaws, and one lacking in a sense of ethics and decency was one of the bitter ironies of history.
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The world is only as deep as we can see. This is why fools think themselves profound. This is why terror is the passion of revelation.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
