Chanakya Quotes
O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
Quotes to Explore
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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Everyone fears the cut of the blade. It doesn't matter after that. I know the spirit survives as there is so much evidence of the survival of the personality in the afterlife.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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Cats and I have an understanding, but we choose not to interact often.
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The most amazing set where I've shot 'Game of Thrones' is definitely Croatia, in Dubrovnik. It's such a stunning country with lots of good watersports there as well. Just a beautiful, beautiful place.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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Humans are insane. We kill our own people, starve our own people, sell them, work them to death, beat them, don't give them affordable/free/good healthcare, and let them live in misery, while a few of us have - we have all we want. We are evil.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
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A democratically elected congressman of the United States of America should not be talking of an ethnic divide in Afghanistan, should not be interfering in Afghanistan's internal affairs.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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Let's cooperate and challenge the administration to cooperate with us because within the administration there are also moderates and people who are not fully comfortable with the tendencies that have prevailed in recent times.
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Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.
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I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.
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I have always paid attention to the merits of my enemies, and found it an advantage.
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Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.
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From a neighbour, I got a one-day-old duckling and found, to my intense joy, that it transferred its following response to my person. At the same time, my interest became irreversibly fixated on water fowl, and I became an expert on their behaviour even as a child.
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O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.
