Karan Johar Quotes
I've been the lull, and I've been the storm and also somewhere in between. But that's OK. I love the limelight after all.
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I love Mike Tyson. I was a fan, as everybody else was. The moment somebody stood up to him, he didn't do so well. And that's the same thing with Anthony Johnson. The guy's a bully. He wants to intimidate you; he wants to dominate you. He wants to knock you out. But what happens when you don't knock somebody out? What happens?
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When you are young, hone your craft and write shorter pieces instead of novels, because it's really hard to finish a novel.
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It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.
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When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the complexity behind the headlines.
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Books like Munro's are so deeply personal and idiosyncratic that it feels like a violation to subject them to the crude business of committee meetings and PR releases; you might as well storm a butterfly den with a klieg light.
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I've been the lull, and I've been the storm and also somewhere in between. But that's OK. I love the limelight after all.
