Azim Premji Quotes
If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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Be careful about virtual relationships with artificially intelligent pieces of software.
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The desert Arab found no joy like the joy of voluntarily holding back. He found luxury in abnegation, renunciation, self restraint. He made nakedness of the mind as sensuous as nakedness of the body. He saved his own soul, perhaps, and without danger, but in a hard selfishness.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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I don't know the history of my sport. I'm not like those people who know everything.
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Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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I'm always in trouble with Twitter. I don't know what it is. Trying to shake it.
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Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.
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The longer you play, the better chance the better player has of winning.
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I'm always gonna be compared to the greatest cats that's in the game, but I lack a little bit less when I'm not as visible as other guys. So I live with that thought right there - yo, you still gotta work, still got more to do. One thing where I come from you gotta remember is, don't get souped up.
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My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.
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I will fight the fight I need to fight to win.
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Some of life's best lessons are learned at the worst times.
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(on his newest iPhone) 'I'm scrolling and scrolling and I’m, like, 'I have to stop,' but I can’t, so I delete the app from my phone. And download it again the next day or whatever.'
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I hate SF books that think all you need to make a book is cool technology and mind-bending ideas without a decent plot or characters. And I hate when fantasy books are allowed to ramble off into five hundred page diatribes which don't advance the story one bit.
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At the end of 'Next to Normal,' you can see the light. 'There will be light.' That's the reason the show exists. Those are the last four words.
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When you're an author, you're always two people. Jasper the writer is different from Jasper the person at home.
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Of course, I love football, but I'm not one of those die-hard fans that never miss a game or with rooms devoted to team colors. At the end of the day, it's just a game.
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Co-opted convictions will always betray you.
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What I've taken from my spiritual study is the wisdom of living a balanced life. My spiritual path has also helped me to be more emotionally centered, to be more understanding of those that disagree with me, and to learn how to let go of some of my power issues so that I can be more effective and bring a sense of humility to my work - while still having the self-confidence to be effective.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
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If there are differences of views or divergence of ideas, they can be resolved through discussion and dialogue.
