Shakuntala Devi Quotes

If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.

Shakuntala Devi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: November 4, 1929 - April 21, 2013

Topics

BrainBetterYouBodyBecomeMuscle

What people can excel our Northern and New England brethren in skill, invention, activity, energy, perseverance, and enterprise?

John C. Calhoun

PerseverancePeopleEnergyNewSkill

It's nice to have some anonymity and still be low key.

Melanie Fiona

KeyNiceAnonymityLowStillSome

I checked to see if there'd been a really good book published in the last few decades. Then I started with what Cleopatra would have read, asking myself, 'What can we know about her education?' It turns out to be a very great deal, and bizarrely, no one had written about that before.

Stacy Schiff

EducationGoodGreatMyselfBook

I think if you're going to be committed to doing anything, you really have to care about it, and I suppose that is a romantic idea.

Tony Benn

RomanticThinkCareDoingYouGoing

In my opinion, the power of the mind in sport is vital. If you can overpower those physical risks mentally, you can get your body round it physically. I've made my body do things because of my mind that it shouldn't have been able to do.

Tony McCoy

PowerRisksMindOpinionYouBody

Wouldn't it be great if our national news media had standards as high as the National Football League's?

Rush Limbaugh

GreatFootballMediaNewsHighOur

I understand what it is that actors do. They embody someone that they aren't.

Diana Gabaldon

SomeoneUnderstandEmbody

Rather than have joy, I would rather be absent of pain.

Chuck Berry

PainJoyWouldAbsentRatherThan

My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way.

Bobbi Brown

EyesMeYouKnowGrandfatherWay

Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this.'

Antony Starr

WorkGodFlameAmericanYouFeeling

We protect monopolies with copyright.

Peter Thiel

ProtectCopyrightMonopolies

I love ensemble pieces, I love being a part of the entire tapestry of a piece, but I think character actors do have a lot more fun, and there's a versatility involved that's challenging and fun, to come up to speed and do what's required of you.

Mark Hamill

LoveCharacterFunThinkSpeedYou

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