Babasaheb (B. R. Ambedkar) Quotes
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Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition.
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I get really nervous when people are like, 'I saw you in a trailer! I saw you on TV!' Genuinely, my cheeks get red.
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My ambition is to do a good job. I never plan anything.
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If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.
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Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.
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If Indians were not largehearted, they wouldn't have made so much of progress and delivered growth.
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You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the country and you're gonna get 'em. You're gonna stick it to those rich people. But guess what? You may not get anymore revenue. You may not get anymore economic growth. But you can say, 'I stuck it to the rich people.'
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I sing to my wife; it helps me. She was my muse. I've written so many songs about her, to her, with references to her, and still do. She's a big part of my life. We were together for 33 years. It actually does me good - she's with me all that time in that way.
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'Well', said Miss Marple. 'Are you going to let her get away with it?' There was a pause, then Father brought down his fist with a crash on the table. 'No', he roared - 'No, by God I'm not!' Miss Marple nodded her head slowly and gravely. 'May God have mercy on her soul,' she said.
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If someone had told us in 1945 that in our lifetime religious wars would rage on virtually every continent, that thousands of children would once again be dying of starvation, we would not have believed it. Or that racism and fanaticism would flourish once again, we would not have believed it.
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The first time I came to New York, I was 14. I was on holiday, and I loved it! I knew that I would come back to live here. It's a city that makes you feel, very quickly, at home.
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Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from binary oppositions.
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I go to a very visual place when I'm singing. It's very cinematic and I get this feeling of space. I love when music does that.
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My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.
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I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.
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I say whatever I think and whatever is on my mind, and I just hope that it comes out good. I just try to have a lot of fun.
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On my road to self-discovery, only certain terms were available - I didn't use 'trans' or 'transgender' until junior high school, but I was living as trans much earlier.
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As every entrepreneur and investor sifts through year-end data to predict the next trend or opportunity for financial success, there is a much easier way to accurately predict the future: hang out with those who are creating it.
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I live and die with the Indians. The first game I attended back in the mid-'90s was almost a religious experience. We were down by six and won by two, and it was glorious. The stadium is so beautiful, and the way it frames the city when you're sitting high above the second base line is spectacular.
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When you go to the movies with your whole family, it's a different experience. For some reason, it's something that you're all doing together and you take away something special in that.
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On my wedding day, I gifted my wife a platinum ring.
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We are Indians, firstly and lastly.
