Barack Obama Quotes
But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions in communications and technology have broken down barriers across the world, it has given more power to both our competitors and our enemies.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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Futurism eventually got marred by its link to Fascism, but early on, it was totally avant-garde, and I wanted to dream a phantom link from the early futurists to the politically radical Italy of the 1970s, a time of fun, play, subversion - if also violence and mayhem.
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I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to go to Britain's Central School of Speech and Drama, and my dad and I had a few tense words about that. He wanted me to go to British drama school.
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Getting a great idea with song writing is a lot like love. You don't know why this one is different, but it is. You don't know why this one is better, but it is. It sticks in your head, and you can't stop thinking about it.
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It's my dream, my goal to be good at Olympics, anywhere they are in the world.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.
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It used to be that I wanted to be taller. Once I made 5-foot-1, I was happy.
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Well, I don't think I've ever consciously come up with tricks and tools to, kind of, hide. I do think I'm a bit more vigilant, in terms of safety issues and things. And sometimes it is kind of nice to try to hold onto your anonymity.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.
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People aren't interested in others controlling what they can do or read or see in the privacy of their own homes.
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I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
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It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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I'm a real optimist.
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When you write about sports, you're allowed to engage in mischief. Nothing is at stake.
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I came then to a conviction that has never left me: that there is too much for me to attend to in this mortal life without overspeculation on the immortal, that it is not necessary to my peace of mind or to my effort to be a decent and useful person, to have a definite assurance about the affairs of the next world.
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You're the hero of your own story. So it's interesting for historical revisionism to happen. I had let go of my own story from my own childhood and whatever anger I had and I began to see it from a very different place. It's really easy to be like "This thing happened to me! Look what they did to me or are doing to me." These are such powerful ideas and it's so easy to hold onto them forever.
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While I feel that I have a great reservoir to draw from as an actor for lots of different roles, it is difficult because it can be an industry where it's people's jobs to thin-slice you really quickly and try to fit you into a niche in the market.
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Because my father was often absent on naval duty, my mother suffered me to do much as I pleased.
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To be human : to strive in the face of the certainty of failure.
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But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions in communications and technology have broken down barriers across the world, it has given more power to both our competitors and our enemies.
