Aruna Roy Quotes

The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.

Aruna Roy

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• The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.

  

  Barbara Bush
  • Dream
  • Society
  • First

• You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Done
  • Discipline
  • Talent

• Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character.

  

  Jack Dee
  • Character
  • You
  • Acting

• We are all Julian Assange. Serious reporters discuss classified information every day - go to any Washington or New York dinner party where real journalists are present, and you will hear discussion of leaked or classified information. That is journalists' job in a free society.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Real
  • Job
  • Society

• Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Writing
  • Like
  • Road

• No matter where I travel, I make sure to carry a Vaseline body lotion with me to keep my skin well moisturised all the time.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Time
  • Travel
  • Body

• If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Look
  • Talking
  • Tenderness

• I remember actually liking a girl in high school who was kind of an outcast and weird, and people made fun of her. I remember hanging out with her, but I was apprehensive about telling anyone I really liked her.

  

  Beau Mirchoff
  • People
  • School
  • Remember

• When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists... I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now.

  

  Eddie Cantor
  • Thought
  • See
  • Now

• The only thing I wanted to do when I was a young naive kid was to become a New York stage actor.

  

  Oliver Platt
  • Young
  • Stage
  • New York

• A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Deep
  • Results
  • Insecurity

• Whether it's 'The West Wing' or anything else, my first thought is always, 'What's a good story?'

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Good
  • Thought
  • Story

• I had a chance to play for the Cuban national team during the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but at the time I never thought about leaving Cuba.

  

  Yoenis Cespedes
  • Time
  • World
  • Team

• I think, you know, people think of the city of New Orleans as a parochial place where it's a lot of folks who are from there and a lot of big families, a lot of musical families, a lot of history, a lot of tradition, but I like to think of New Orleans as an idea.

  

  Irvin Mayfield
  • People
  • History
  • City

• It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.

  

  Navi Rawat
  • Great
  • Experience
  • Movies

• I'm not here to perform. I'm here to sign autographs. You have to wait till I come back with my own hand.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • Here
  • Perform
  • Autographs

• The sign of a good society is where talent is respected.

  

  Irrfan Khan
  • Good
  • Society
  • Talent

• Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space, and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith. They may be right, but in any event their attitude is one which does not bear logical examination - for a faith which cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.

  

  Arthur C. Clarke
  • May
  • Truth
  • Faith

• Environmentally friendly business practices have long been mainstream, particularly when they create a brand advantage, as with organic foods.

  

  Chrystia Freeland
  • Long
  • Business

• No yoga exercise, no meditation in a chapel filled with music will rid you of your blues better than the humble task of making your own bread.

  

  M. F. K. Fisher
  • Music
  • Exercise
  • Yoga

• I don't want to make decisions about what I'm eating or wearing. Because I have too many other decisions to make.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Want
  • Decision
  • Eating

• I haven't always made the right decisions.

  

  George Steinbrenner
  • Decision

• It should be apparent that the belief in objectivity in journalism, as in other professions, is not just a claim about what kind of knowledge is reliable. It is also a moral philosophy, a declaration of what kind of thinking one should engage in, in making moral decisions. It is, moreover, a political commitment, for it provides a guide to what groups one should acknowledge as relevant audiences for judging one's own thoughts and acts.

  

  Michael Schudson
  • Thinking
  • Political
  • Decision

• The strength of collective decision making and political responsibility is not only a question of recognizing other people's ability. It is also recognizing one's own limitations.

  

  Aruna Roy
  • Responsibility
  • Decision
  • Collective