Richard Powers Quotes
For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities.
Quotes to Explore
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With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive.
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I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
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It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
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Poor countries are poor because they are wasting their resources.
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We did not become libertarians because we are altruists.
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We can reorient our products and business strategy because we are an agile organisation.
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I remain on 'SVU' because it is an incredible opportunity.
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It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.
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The past is open to all sorts of magical possibilities because it can't be verified. It's as we make it, so it seems to be entirely free. It seems to be completely up for grabs. But of course it's not.
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I'm always the cousin that can't make it to the family functions because I'm busy.
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I believed totally in the possibilities implied in the series. I never thought of it as fantasy. Far from it.
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At school, I got teased because I was so thin and awkward-looking.
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If you are different, or you have minimum possibilities, you can still succeed. I am living proof of that.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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I blog because I have something to say.
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I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.
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I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.
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Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.
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I am always surprised people are surprised that people haven't read things.
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The history of science has proved that fundamental research is the lifeblood of individual progress and that the ideas that lead to spectacular advances spring from it.
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The evil was not in either ideal; the evil was in the attempt to impose that ideal by force upon others.
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My family comes from New Zealand, but I'm a London girl. I was born and raised in London, but I've got the blood of a New Zealander, so I always kind of felt like I didn't belong - in a good way.
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For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities.
