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“I'm a recreational pot-smoker. There has never been enough of a distinction between ***** and other drugs. It's a human rights issue, a censorship issue, and a choice issue.”
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“Every new painting is like throwing myself into the water without knowing how to swim.”
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“Well, I think there was a time when I first started that there was such a thing called 'a woman's film' and there were certain scripts that women would make. But I think that's changed a lot now. I think that if a woman director walks into a room with a script, it doesn't really matter what the subject matter is, or the genre is, so long as the financiers feel that the woman has the skills to make the film.”
Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
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“India is a civilization with a history that is thousands of years old.The diversity of India, of our civilization, is actually a thing of beauty, which is something we are extremely proud of.”
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“But the safety of the world, in some sense, depends on your saying no to inhumane ideas. Standing up for one's own integrity makes you no friends. It is costly. Yet defiance of the mob, in the service of that which is right, is one of the highest expressions of courage I know.”
Source : Commencement address at Scripps College, Claremont, California, 2009.
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“You've taxed too much, borrowed too much and are a roadblock to reform.”
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“During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed.”
Source : Edward Carey (2011). “Observatory Mansions”, p.65, Pan Macmillan
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“Be certain that Yasser Arafat’s final days are numbered, but allow us to finish him off our way, not yours. And be sure as well that … the promises I made in front of President Bush, I will give my life to keep.”
