Bernie De Koven Quotes
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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There are no free lunches in life. You have to earn it. I am paying my dues. People have accused me of having it easy because I am Amitabh Bachchan's son. Yes, I am his son, and I've never run away from it. I work hard to make him proud.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border.
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I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
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I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.
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Acting is a very personal process. It has to do with expressing your own personality, and discovering the character you're playing through your own experience - so we're all different.
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
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My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.
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I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.
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To have the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods was just so awesome. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed the good parts where he was winning. And I enjoyed the challenge to help him get better. But six years was enough.
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I still say to myself when I am depressed and find myself forced to listen to pompous and tiresome people 'Well, I have done one thing you could never have done, and that is to have collaborated with Littlewood and Ramanujan on something like equal terms.'
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Most men I know rely on women to do all the literal dirty work.
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A massive state and federal effort, the likes of which we've never seen is going to be needed. We can do it for tsunami victims half a world away. We can do it for our own citizens.
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Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
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And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.
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Leadership shows judgment, wisdom, personal appeal and proven competence.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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It's easier to change the game than to change the people playing it.
