I'm not someone who sits at home and doesn't like to go out, doesn't like to watch movies. I like to live my life.

Self-belief and hard work will always earn you success.

Sachin Tendulkar has carried the burden of the nation for 21 years. It is time we carried him on our shoulders

Life is what happens in-between the mother and the sister

The more centuries that I am able to score, the happier I will be.

People from North India are generally known to be aggressive and emotional.

There are two bowlers who I think are very tough to play against - Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel.

Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career - which is very short.

I feel only my friends and family need to know what is happening in my personal life.

I don't think one can question MS' leadership.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

Democracy is not what we have. It is what we do.

I never really know when anyone is nominated for anything; I just know when people win. I don't even know how the submission process works.

I'm more authoritarian with the orchestras than I used to be. You need to hold your ground, I've noticed, or you'll be swept aside.

You have to understand you cannot have faith and fear at the same time; you can only have one or the other.

Before digital, I spent thirty years shooting color transparencies, which are very unforgiving of exposure. A half stop can make or break a good photo on slide film.

Nature was not satisfied by a simple point charge but required a charge with spin.

There was a different ending to New Moon originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bellas head.