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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'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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My three best friends get me through everything: I need cute jeans, my kids are driving me crazy, I'm throwing a party, whatever. They keep me dialed in.
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I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?
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Ignorance breeds antipathy. Until I got to know how computers worked, I didn't want anything to do with them. I said, 'Well, why do I need them? I write letters.' Which I still do.
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I hate to say it, but I had a great time in World War II.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.
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No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head.
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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.
