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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Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.
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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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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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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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A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don’t feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind.
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The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.
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No dictator can last forever. History shows that in the end, people around the dictator bring about change. Of course, a lot of high-ranking officials don't want change because they want to keep power. But there are other good people who want change. I believe they are waiting for the chance.
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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
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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.
