Kamal Haasan Quotes
I have great respect for the unconditional teachers called books. Because from a book, you can either learn, or you can’t.
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In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different people, a lot of different ideas, lots of different backgrounds, lots of different aspirations.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore, with a clear conscience which, like virtue, is its own reward.
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There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.
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I'm constantly trying to keep people guessing as to what I'm doing, and I will spend enormous amounts of time looking at manuscripts and asking questions, and people will say, 'I know what his next book is about.'
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I made a very slatternly mother, notably unkeen on housework, unaware that homes need to be cleaned now and then, and too often to be found with a cigarette in one hand and a drink in the other.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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Life is more important than 'what film I do next.'
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The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
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You win with your feet. It looks easy, and it's not.
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I moved to Paris around 1995 or 1996; my first collection on the runway was in 1997.
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And Im happy that Im not super skinny.
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Once you have linked yourself with love, a flood of inspiration is revealed to you, whatever the subject, whatever the problem in life may be. Whatever it be that your eye casts its glance upon, it will disclose itself. Then you are on the real road, and what a joy this is!
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I have great respect for the unconditional teachers called books. Because from a book, you can either learn, or you can’t.
