Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes
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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
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For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.
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I find my earliest memories covering the anachronistic features of a previous incarnation. Clear recollections came to me of a distant life, a yogi amidst the Himalayan snows. These glimpses of the past, by some dimensionless link, also afforded me a glimpse of the future.
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There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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In 20 years I want to look back and see a collection of crazy characters that I made - a menagerie.
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Nothing I have done professionally will top the feeling I got when singing with John Farnham at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
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When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
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We do take pride in how we look, but it's really just like, take a couple minutes, and you're ready to go.
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When I first got to L.A., I thought every person in a limo was a star.
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A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who's behind it. A thriller, or a suspense, is a howdunit. You know what happened, and you usually know who did it, but you keep reading because you want to know how they pulled it off.
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I had wanted to be a sculptor throughout life, but to do so, I had to stop painting.
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China may censor YouTube. China may censor Twitter. They won't be able to censor Bitcoin. There's no central authority. There's no one you can go to and say, 'We're going to turn Bitcoin off.'
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I came from a dance background, so that's what I did my whole teenage years. I was at the dance studio a lot. It just becomes your social scene and part of your life.
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'Why are you quitting?''Sick of my job.''Because what you were doing was morally bad?' suggested the voice.'Because it wasn’t getting anybody anywhere. Because it was getting everybody nowhere.''Because it was evil?' insisted the voice.'Because it was pointless.'
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I think every writer lives for the thought that there will be a moment when somebody reads something on the page and says, "Yes!"
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Sometimes there’s no point in giving up.
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I prefer to put myself in an environment that's further afield and look through the eyes of someone who differs from me in age, ethnicity, gender, and/or social class. I think a little displacement makes me a sharper observer.
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Design, art, and science are all a melange.
