Zubin Mehta Quotes
The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external objects, does not use the sense of sight upon itself, but even our mind, which contemplates intently another's sin, is slow in the recognition of its own defects.
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One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
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I could see myself in a white nurse's uniform, working unnoticed for many years and at last dying, unknown, unmarried and unsung.
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I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.
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I know what poverty is.
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The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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It's a particularly modern myth that married people are best friends. The best-friend concept is a uniquely female phenomena.
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Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort rose to prominence fighting the Soviets in the 1980s. Afghan territory holds special significance to the group, which is committed to retaking it and re-establishing it as the base of a global movement.
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Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
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Ultimately, stable growth will ensure that urban and rural incomes increase and people's lives improve.
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All I really want to do is plays - and that's a New York thing.
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The 'New York Times' reviews of my work have been evenly divided - favourable and unfavourable.
