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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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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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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Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature, give balance and harmony to any work of art.
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Yes, I believe that the art of winning is through intimidation, and not necessarily do you have to speak about it.
Mark Spitz -
You got to fight for quality art and equality and all the things that we're fighting for, the things we believe in. Choice and preference and all those things that we support. We don't want to give up that fight. You got to keep doing it.
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Design, art, and science are all a melange.
