Dada Vaswani Quotes
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
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I love dressing up in superhero outfits and in fact, when I dress up as Wonder Woman, I actually think that I'm more powerful.
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Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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When people arrive at El Bulli, everybody goes through the kitchen. It's a way of making them feel at home. When they leave, the only thing I ask is whether they've been happy. Everything in between, I don't particularly care.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.
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My songs are a mix of my own weird raised-by-wolves perspective and civilization.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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You must work - we must all work to make the world worthy of its children.
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Danny DeVito later told me that he knew he wanted me for 'Matilda' the second I walked in the door. I'm not sure if this is true, or if he was just being nice, but I was thrilled when I got it.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
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Call Him by whatever name you will, and He will respond.
