Andre Malraux Quotes
In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.
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The reason for not getting married was that I just didn't have a partner to get married to. Climbing mountains was more attractive to me than marriage, or other fun things like that.
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I have an inner satisfaction of having done what I thought was right at the time which I thought was propitious.
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Management innovation is going to be the most enduring source of competitive advantage. There will be lots of rewards for firms in the vanguard.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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One afternoon, on my way to the campus - I was majoring in political science at Nairobi University - a photographer by the name of Peter Beard stopped me in the street and asked me if I'd ever been photographed.
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If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
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'Bloo' is a compilation of a few songs I've written over the past year, inspired by the necessity of finding happiness in the people I choose to surround myself with.
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The fact of the matter is that the government is there to protect the people.
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I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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My philosophy was, if I just do good work, someone will like it enough to employ me. It never made me famous. And I'm way, way too old now, mate. That boat's sailed.
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I'm not going to be bullied or pushed around by the group of the day. You've got to have political courage. You've got to have your own inner beliefs.
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When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.
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But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship.
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I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
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Policies that assume that human nature is a tabula rasa (clean slate) should be reviewed and revised to reflect that man has an in-built genetic code for survival with no evidence for innate morality.
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I'm John McEnroe-like. I'm coming forward every opportunity I get. My wingspan covers some ground at the net. My serve is OK. I can move it around enough. My groundstrokes are good enough to hang in a rally with a good player. But generally, my goal is to put away a point quickly.
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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People that want to talk can talk. Even a parrot talks. People are always going to have their thoughts on what they're going to say.
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The most important thing is to understand that this career is not about speed. It's about stamina. This is a marathon. It's not a 50-meter sprint. You have to persevere and understand it takes a lot of time. You have to know you're going to knock on 100 doors and 99 of them are going to close in your face.
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I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts.
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In the realm of human destiny, the depth of man's questionings is more important than his answers.
