Arundhati Bhattacharya Quotes
In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.
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When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.
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Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information.
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San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.
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In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.
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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.
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Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because then they will act.
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Life is one long jubilee.
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This has been a trend for a long time; the days of lifetime employment are long since over.
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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
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Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.
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In spite of what some people claim, we are not in a post-racial era. I think it's still an important issue to bring up.
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I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.
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As long as there is no proselytism... we must facilitate the partnership between parents and schools.
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I think credibility, irrespective of what you do, if you are in public life, then it is important.
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For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.
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I think that it's hard for vain people to be funny. I think you can look any way you want as long as you have a good sense of humor about yourself. People who are concerned with their looks and what they're wearing and how they present themselves tend to have less of a sense of humor about themselves.
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Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon.
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As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I'll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I'll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I'll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness.
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All human beings have the capability of doing what they want, what they're attracted to.
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I can destroy a dance floor. I think life should be a musical. I always hate it when people watch a musical and they go, 'Oh, it's so unrealistic, no one just breaks into song in the middle of their day.' Yeah, they do- if they're me.
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Negative freedom is freedom from - freedom from oppression, whether it's a colonial power or addiction to alcohol oppressing you. You need to be freed from negative freedom. Positive freedom is freedom for, freedom to be. And that's what's routinely ignored today.
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I've never been speed dating! I sort of wish I had, just for the experience of it.
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I've been making notes of my life, but when it finally came time to write it, it took me back, and I cried many tears. But I also think that it's liberating.
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In order to ensure long-term investment, it is important to make infrastructure as transparent and as bankable as possible - should be a win-win for all.
