Edward Eggleston Quotes
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The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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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.
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Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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You've got to keep your eye on the prize and do what you love to do.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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I did some acting in high school, I knew I really liked it.
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You get to a new school, and you're the new guy, or you're the foreigner, or you're the guy with the funny accent. That first day at school was a whole new opportunity to create a new persona.
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It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
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I was always ambitious - not to make money: to be published.
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I've learned that universal acceptance and appreciation is just an unrealistic goal.
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I started playing the ukulele in the year 2000. That sounds so futuristic saying it like that. The year 2000.
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I can give you a definite perhaps.
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You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.
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I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.
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For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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I just want to do great work: work that inspires people... To know that you are given this gift in life and that you can gift other people with it, that's the most rewarding thing for me.
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The greatest gift anyone can give to a writer is time.
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I never believe them when they say that because you really have to sort of be aware of what's going on in the news in order to get the jokes on the show.
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The storyteller is one who comes bearing a great and lasting gift.
