Ashwin Sanghi Quotes
A western audience might not appreciate 'Chanakya's Chant' because of its dependence on history and ancient statecraft. My book is a modern-day thriller that draws on a bedrock of history. My primary object is to entertain, not educate.
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
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I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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In talking to you I feel very much more at ease than my colleagues who gave the speeches during the banquet.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I love going to the cinema. Whenever I get time off, that's where I go.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Both villains and heroes need to have a steadfast belief in themselves.
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I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something – that may not be very clear to me right now – but that I will do.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring people like Chiron and set in places like inner-city Miami is pronounced and unfortunate.
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Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.
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Be it 120 frames or 24 frames or film or theatre, you're trying to be a fully formed human being and trying to be honest.
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But we have been to the Pole and we shall die like gentlemen. I regret only for the women we leave behind.
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The most desirable aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty pertain to navigational rights.
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'Dirty Dancing', 'Grease', those were the movies that I used to watch over and over and over at my grandma's house when I was a little girl. I just remember watching them, and I always wanted to be Sandy, and I wanted to be Baby. I wanted to be the girl who's lifted in the dance, and she's beautiful and all those things.
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A western audience might not appreciate 'Chanakya's Chant' because of its dependence on history and ancient statecraft. My book is a modern-day thriller that draws on a bedrock of history. My primary object is to entertain, not educate.
