Nyla Ali Khan Quotes
The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India.
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I have my problems with 'Singles'. To me, 'Singles' is the least successful of the movies I've been lucky enough to make.
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Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 million to five million. In 1956, just three years after the coronation, the Suez canal crisis and Anthony Eden's humiliation ended all notions that Britain was a world superpower.
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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It was a huge shock. I've never had hair that short in my life! I think the rest of the cast and crew were mourning my haircut more than I was! But after a while, I felt liberated, I learned to embrace it.
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GIS is waking up the world to the power of geography, this science of integration, and has the framework for creating a better future.
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Both my parents are creative. My dad did act when he was younger, but they're both very creative.
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At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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I've upped my standards. Now, up yours.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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It is the loose ends with which men hang themselves.
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Joe and I are still very aware of the fact that we live in a country where he criticised the government and lived another day. That trumps all. To paraphrase Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government apart from all the other forms of government. You constantly have to fight for it; you have to keep your government honest.
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It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
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I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
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The only way I'll ever run a marathon is if I'm involved in the administration.
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I think I managed to trick people a little bit into thinking I'm more arty by making creative, artistic, visual work and applying it to commercial music. Maybe. I don't know.
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It's hard to explain how well he's played. He just keeps going. I hope he can keep it up.
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There are a lot of really funny guys who are very natural in what they do: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen.
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The more aspects of life that can be moved from private reign to public realm, the better it is for politics.
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India had entertained throughout its history a world vision. Our sages and seers had thought in terms of the happiness of the whole of humanity. And Jawaharlal Nehru had designed a foreign policy for India with a world outlook. We have a role to play in the world and a message to give to the world. We can do that effectively only if we are united and strong and in peace and friendship with our neighbours.
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The increasing communalization of Indian politics is a juggernaut that annihilates the myth of secularism in India.
