Leila Janah Quotes
The problem in a lot of low-income countries is that people take out loans to go and get degrees, which are then irrelevant in the job market.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.
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A book is not an example of 'women's writing' simply because it is written by a woman. Writing may become 'women's writing' when it could not have been written by a man.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.
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Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.
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I really, really enjoy comedy. I think that's one of my strong suits. It's my zone. And people don't expect it from me, which is a whammy.
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I loved to sing in family parties, for my friends and family. That's how I discovered my talent.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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Nothing is inevitable until it happens.
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The original 'Hobbit' was never intended to have a sequel - Bilbo 'remained very happy to the end of his days and those were extraordinarily long': a sentence I find an almost insuperable obstacle to a satisfactory link.
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I mostly gave away what I had from the James Bond movie.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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People know I love to shoot action and that I'm not afraid of emotion.
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I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that's not in me. I want to lift people up.
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The problem in a lot of low-income countries is that people take out loans to go and get degrees, which are then irrelevant in the job market.
