Vikram Patel Quotes
There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.
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I regrettably wasted time at university by being overwhelmed and intimidated by the talent of other composers. I felt stuck and didn't know what I was doing there. I enjoyed my experience, but I didn't grab it in the way I would now.
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Amazon is holding its own because the service it provides - offering millions of books and other items quickly and easily from home at any hour of the day or night - is a real one, and one that was impossible before there was an Internet.
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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I got the role I loved the most at a point in my career when most women are being phased out.
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The more deeply connected you are with the people that you're working with, the better the work and the character, and then, I think, that really translates to life. It will help you in life to be more grounded and genuine.
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You'd better believe that Putin sees that in Syria, Obama draws a red line and ignores the red line.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.
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The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
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But there are no loners. No man lives in a void. His every act is conditioned by his time and his society.
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The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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Always do your best.
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There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.
