Manmohan Singh Quotes
My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.
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In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
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My way of relaxing was always doing the opposite and playing the drums, but I need to be able to actually chill.
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I redefined how I ate and exercised and have continued to keep that up because it feels great.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.
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You can't write a story about a mental hospital in the United States without facing the grand example of 'Cuckoo's Nest.'
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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'Motorcycle Diaries' had the best costumes - that battered jacket and those linen shirts. I wear linen shirts in real life, too, and I have a nice, simple number I got handed down. As a father, you just stop buying stuff for yourself. It's all for the kids.
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If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don't want to compromise.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no.
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When we started out in '64, um, I was playing Number One, which was a woman second in command of a star ship.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
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I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.
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Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.
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There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.
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I may not be smart enough to debate you point-for-point on this, but I have the feeling about 60% of what you say is crap.
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I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'
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My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.
