Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes
Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement.
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Graffiti has an interesting relationship to the broader world of hip-hop: It's part of the culture, but also in a weird way a stepchild of the culture.
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General Giap was one of the most brilliant military strategists of our era, who in Dien Bien Phu was able to place missile launchers in remote, mountainous jungles, something the yankee and European military officers considered impossible.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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I think if I heard someone else talking about their life, describing all the problems I've had, they'd look like they were through. Done. But there's something about me - I'm smiling. Those things are really not bad enough to put me in a slump. I'm smiling with the opportunity to wake up every morning.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.
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If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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I feel like a member of any group comprised of outsiders.
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I hope that one day when I'll go back to Pakistan, I will build a university like Harvard.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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Christians who believe in the Bible believe that it is their job to bring others the joy of salvation. Even if they're murdered, beaten to death, imprisoned - that's what you do for God.
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Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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Republicans have always talked about having a big tent, but it doesn't do any good if the tent doesn't have any chairs in it. Bringing Latinos to the forefront, bringing women in is absolutely critical.
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Stronger families. Stronger communities. A stronger America. It is this kind of prosperity - broad, shared, built on a thriving middle class - that has always been the source of our progress at home. It’s also the foundation of our power and influence throughout the world.
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Compared to TV, 'Palookaville' was restriction-free, except we had no money and no time.
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Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes.
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Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement.
