P. Chidambaram Quotes
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.
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No sensible author wants anything but praise.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job.
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Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.
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To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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The American dream is still to own your home.
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I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, 'Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?' It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, 'Right, but 'People' magazine could just take this one quote and take it out of context.'
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I love doing comedy. I find comedy quite hard work. Comedy's underrated, I think, by actors, you know? It's difficult to get it right and get it funny. I really enjoy doing it. I kind of wish I'd done it more. I can't complain. I've had a fair crack of the whip.
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I only know one thing. I have been bred through the Heat organization to do it one way. And every day, you prepare.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
