Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes
We, the Indians, as Guru of the Nations: yes, I believe in that. We can be-or once more become- the hope of mankind. But that requires efforts and courage to be ourselves culturally. Unfortunately, we live in an age of political dwarfs, political managers without vision or courage. But their time is running out.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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I come from the liberal side of thinking: Better one guilty man should walk free than one innocent man found guilty.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
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I am going to put money into education at the expense of other programs.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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I have had an amazing career for a man who hits things for a living.
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Due to the reliance on the old heavy industries in many parts of the country, it makes perfect sense that we need to spend more money per head of population on welfare support in Scotland.
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When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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I hope that what you take away from my album is not just the music - which I did want to be fun, and I did want it to be about individuality, but please also take away from it that there's no dream that's too big.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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I worked in SRK and Salman Khan's films as a child artiste, so Bollywood has always been on my radar.
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Great perils have this beauty, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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I'm actually really obsessed with Bruce Springsteen.
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My mom, she was, at a young age, caught up in the worldly ways. At that time, it was very intriguing to be out partying and having fun. As a young mother, she was caught in that.
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When I was a kid, I was fat, and I was teased mercilessly. But once I grew up and got out of my unhealthy relationship with food, for the most part I've had a very healthy view. If I ever find myself getting worried about how I'll look on the red carpet, I'll take a step back and look at what's really going on inside.
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I'm very drawn to the way in which a life lived can be an art of sorts or a failed art, and a life-lived-told can be art as well.
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We, the Indians, as Guru of the Nations: yes, I believe in that. We can be-or once more become- the hope of mankind. But that requires efforts and courage to be ourselves culturally. Unfortunately, we live in an age of political dwarfs, political managers without vision or courage. But their time is running out.
