Anand Mahindra Quotes
You cannot mean everything to all segments of the markets. You cannot have a brand straddling too many meanings.
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A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
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I have a constitutional weakness in which I am very easily distracted by flashing lights. If there is a TV on in the room, I can't have a conversation with you. I won't eat, I won't sleep, I'll just meld with my couch.
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Well, I've been in several films including documentaries, but the big blockbuster, I was hired as advisor to the actors, I was trying to make Jesuits out of them.
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In the West, as well as some other parts of the world, the personal sense of ego tends to predominate, whereas in other areas, there is a more collective sense of ego. This collective ego emphasizes the 'we' rather than the 'I.'
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I've gotten used to the point where I'm so used to being sweaty! I like to wear less makeup and be tougher!
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I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.
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Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.
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A lot of people forget how important it is to be creative. We get caught up in getting ahead and in day-to-day minutiae. But creativity is a fundamental mode of expression, as is being tenacious and standing by your own convictions and passions, even if it's not the 'popular' choice.
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The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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Find something that makes you happy and go for it.
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Kids are starting at such a low base rate in terms of fitness that it's taking them years to catch up to where people like me started from. Every little bit is making it more difficult for kids to succeed on a world stage.
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I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time!
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I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.
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I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it.
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I think both of my parents are unique in the way they don't live their lives as celebrities. They're both artists, first and foremost. My mom lives a very private life. So does my father. You don't really see them in the tabloids or anything like that. I think that's definitely a decision you can make.
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Being kind is the most important thing I've ever been taught. That's what my parents always told me - more important than ambition or success is being kind to people. The cornerstone of my life. What I aspire to is to be kind.
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Democracy cannot survive without the guidance of a creative minority.
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I went freelance in 1996 and my children are now teenagers and it seemed right.
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I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do.
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As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes before I ever flew in one. I really knew, when I started photographing, I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other countries but in this country, too, and I knew I wanted to enter other lives. I knew I wanted to be a voyeur.
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What more could you ask for in life than to be given an impossible challenge?
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A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
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I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion.
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You cannot mean everything to all segments of the markets. You cannot have a brand straddling too many meanings.
