Lal Bahadur Shastri Quotes
My patriotism is subservient to my religion. I cling to India like a child to its mother’s breast, because I feel that she gives me the spiritual nourishment I need. She has the environment that responds to my highest aspiration.
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If I look back I feel frightened, not happy, because my life is a bit of a mystery to me.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
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Solar power is clean, renewable and cost effective, but it also needs time to develop.
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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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To tell you the truth, I don't really follow what men wear. Men's fashion is much simpler than women's. It doesn't change as much.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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As more women 'lean in' and we collectively continue to fight sexism, there's another barrier to progress that hasn't been addressed: Many men who would like to see more women leaders are afraid to speak up about it.
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Friendship needs no words - it is solitude delivered from the anguish of loneliness.
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It is true that a large percentage of the Western world hopes that I am imprisoned or dead. But all my people, the Palestinians and the Arabs, wish me long life and freedom.
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I am looking at it from the point of view of a harried user, which I am, and I believe that I am much more like the typical non-technical harried user than I am like the people who smoothly operate everything.
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The leading cause of death for girls 15 to 19 worldwide is not accident or violence or disease; it is complications from pregnancy. Girls under 15 are up to five times as likely to die while having children than are women in their 20s, and their babies are more likely to die as well.
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I've had a very strange life. Whenever I've married, I've married for life. But things have gone desperately wrong.
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I want to be Willy Wonka. He has a really fun spirited side but also a dark, justice-giver side.
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Playing without a concurrent critical review of one's skills will simply get you nowhere.
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I'm a bit like a chameleon with my accent.
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Things are not as we would like them to be. There is only one way to deal with it, namely to try and be all right oneself.
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My patriotism is subservient to my religion. I cling to India like a child to its mother’s breast, because I feel that she gives me the spiritual nourishment I need. She has the environment that responds to my highest aspiration.
