Ram Charan Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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Everyone can do a character the way they want to do it, unless the director tells them not to, which isn't very common. I like to do my characters, if it's not specific in the script, as myself.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I am very close to my brother Ramesh Babu. When my father was away for shootings, my brother would take care of me, and I am very close to him, and yes, Dad's always special. He used to call me and enquire about my film's progress. Whenever I deliver a hit, I can see a glow on my father's face.
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I came up with a story and I wrote it.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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Optimism is inevitably the last hope of the defeated.
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I love to sing swing and shuffle stuff. Radio may not play it coast to coast, but I love playing them. Man, they fill the dance floor up. People who live the night life at these honky-tonks eat this stuff up.
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How far is too far? When you love a band so much that its songs fill the empty spaces inside your head and heart, is that too far?
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I saw how vulnerable we all are and how exposed we all are and how this is an issue that affects everyone who owns a piece of technology. Which is certainly most people in this country.
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In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
