Anton Balasingham Quotes

It is an unfortunate personal tragedy. However, when compared to the vast ocean of the collective tragedy faced by my people, my illness is merely a pebble. I am deeply sad that I am crippled by this illness, unable to contribute anything substantial towards the alleviation of the immense suffering and oppression of my people.

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• I read part of it all the way through.

  

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• I have always loathed working out.

  

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• In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.

  

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• The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.

  

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• When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

  

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• Forbearance is the root of quietness and assurance forever.

  

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• I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.

  

  Haley Bennett
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• Alibaba is an ecosystem that helps small business to grow.

  

  Jack Ma
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• To be happy, make other people happy.

  

  W. Clement Stone
  • People
  • Happy
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• A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens.

  

  Cameron Sinclair
  • Life
  • True
  • Beautiful

• No, Your Majesty, I do not like kings, but I do like a man be­hind a king when I find him.

  

  Andrew Carnegie
  • King

• I had a sort of classic moment when a friend of mine rang up and said she'd just been to a funeral, and in the middle of the eulogy, this kid had taken out the phone and had a whole proper text conversation - while everyone was weeping!

  

  Beeban Kidron
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• What are individuals in wars today? Expendable commodities, dead or alive.

  

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• Compassion, together with contractual responsibility for one's workforce, is a mark of a top employer.

  

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• It's not going to be enough, until I get out of my chair and walk.

  

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• I learned a long time ago that if you subscribe and believe the good, you have to believe the bad. My measure is my heart and what I know.

  

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• I wouldn't call being a chef gratifying in a lot of ways. It's an act of love.

  

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• Sometimes if you don't take the easy option, it'll pay dividends in the long run.

  

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• I just think that the people who say: 'That's not true' when someone tells a story at dinner are the people who didn't get any laughs when they told their story.

  

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• My son was autistic, and he suffered from seizure disorder every 5 to 10 days. He would suffer a seizure that would last 45 seconds to a minute and sleep for 12 hours.

  

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• I saw 'Brokeback Mountain' in a packed house in Chelsea, New York, when I was filming a Bollywood film there. Chelsea, being a predominately gay neighbourhood, had the most euphoric reaction. I saw couples holding hands and crying at the end. It was the most heartening viewing I have ever been to.

  

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• I could probably die happy with a cheeseboard and a glass of French red wine - that's my idea of a perfect dinner.

  

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• I am a lazy person, which is why I like open source, for other people to do work for me.

  

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• It is an unfortunate personal tragedy. However, when compared to the vast ocean of the collective tragedy faced by my people, my illness is merely a pebble. I am deeply sad that I am crippled by this illness, unable to contribute anything substantial towards the alleviation of the immense suffering and oppression of my people.

  

  Anton Balasingham
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