Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes
Inherently, I have a social conscience which my late father inculcated in me. He was not exactly a very wealthy man, but he was very concerned about the underprivileged, about the people who didn't have equal opportunities.
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
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Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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As I grew up in that world and saw how much it affected her world and how much it affected our childhood, it made me very aware of politics. Of course, I have my own private feelings and thoughts, but I don't care to share them.
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Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.
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In Sierra Leone last year there was just the two of us hanging out of a helicopter and, when we were in Bosnia, I drove an armoured vehicle, thousands of miles.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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My grandmother told me: 'Never be in debt to anyone or anything.' Which is probably why I've never been financially extravagant - I still go to Costco. I'm always conscious of living within my means.
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I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.
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I definitely people-watch. I often see photos of myself with my children: I'm always in the background with my mouth wide open, looking somewhere else.
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We just believed in each other, got defensive stops when we needed them and executed our offense. We were able to make something happen.
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Inherently, I have a social conscience which my late father inculcated in me. He was not exactly a very wealthy man, but he was very concerned about the underprivileged, about the people who didn't have equal opportunities.
