Thiruvalluvar Quotes

One who cannot live in harmony with others is regarded as an ignorant fool, even if he happens to be very learned in various matters.

Thiruvalluvar

Recitation: by Male by Female

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  • Author Profession: poet
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LiveFoolHarmonyOthersIgnorant

Even though I read voraciously as a child, I never saw myself in books. Without narratives to expand my ideas of who I could be, I accepted the stories others told me about myself, stories which diminished and belittled me and people like me. I want to write against that.

Jesmyn Ward

MyselfChildPeopleMeIdeasWant

We don't know how many planets we're going to have to examine before we find life, and not finding it on 10 or 100 doesn't mean it's not there. This may be very tricky.

John M. Grunsfeld

LifeFindingFindKnowMeanGoing

My approach to working in movies is to empower the director to have power over me and to really support his vision because he's the guy, at the end of the day, who's going to put it all together.

Jeff Bridges

PowerVisionDayTogetherSupport

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

Michael Ignatieff

GoodProcessPictureSeeingBig

I was going to buy a van and move to LA so I could secretly pursue acting without any of my friends knowing.

Steve Buscemi

FriendsActingKnowingWithoutBuy

Travelling, in general, opens your mind to so many different cultures and different ways of thinking and different ways of seeing stuff. I definitely feel like it has an influence on my music to be a bit more broader and a bit more open.

Stefflon Don

MusicMindInfluenceThinkingFeel

I must confess that although I am quite passionate about the books I create for children, I am not the best oral storyteller. In fact, I stink at it.

Tony DiTerlizzi

ChildrenBestI AmCreatePassionate

By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential.

Robert Winston

WorkLearningPowerPotentialTrue

Movies such as 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' in 1939 to 'Dave' in 1993 portray Washington leaders as the ultimate Everymen - decent people just like you and me, only thrust onto greatness.

Ron Fournier

GreatnessPeopleMeYouMoviesJust

Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here, but I am trying to write books that aren't just using up trees.

Michel Faber

I AmWorldTreesTryingSoundWrite

The Egyptians have grown in confidence, they've tasted freedom, and there's no way back.

Mohamed ElBaradei

ConfidenceFreedomBackWayGrown

I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your own world, it doesn't matter what it is.

Pete Wentz

LoveWritingWorldLongYouRules

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