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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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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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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I think increasingly we want to read the history that wasn't written by the victors.
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I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure.
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I'm usually told to do a take where I do less with my face.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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When I go to an art gallery and stand in front of a painting, I don't want someone telling me what I should be seeing or thinking; I want to feel whatever I feel, see whatever I see, and figure out what I figure out.
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Kings are not elected. Gods are not elected.
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Design, art, and science are all a melange.
