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Quotable Quotes Judges of the highest court who have powers to life and death must show that they too are amenable to good practice -- Fali S Nariman Jurist He is always there for me to offer guidance. He has always helped me to heal in disappointment -- Maya Soetoro - Ng- US President Barack Obama's half sister The Presidency was a joyous experience. But nothing compares with the Texas at sunset -- George Bush Former US President on return to his home state If opposition parties abuse me , I will offer them flowers -- Sanjay Dutt Actor and wannabe politician The Aussie Decline If one thought that South Africa pulling of the test match in its favour was a one off and the Aussies would bounce back , it seemed true from the way the T20 matches went in favour of the Aussie -- But the one day internationals went in favour of SA again -- Without the inspirational Graeme Smith , SA did very well to put it past Aus, at 3 games to one with one match of insignificance to the series but of g

Quotable Quotes People have become selfish and materialistic, which has led to the economic slowdown -- The Dalai Lama Spiritual Leader It's like chicken tikka with chow mein soup. - Akshay Kumar Actor on his latest film "Chandni Chowk to China" Pakistan has a particular complexity because of its nuclear weapons capacity -- Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State Designate I am not going to contest elections anymore -- Physically I do not think I can carry on much further -- Somnath Chatterjee Lok Sabha Speaker Movie Abiyum Nanum This Tamil movie is a great watch for parents who have girls as their siblings -- Normally a heavy subject ( I still remember Sivaji -- Nadiya starrer that you could barely watch for the amount of sentiment and crying that went on in that movie ( name forgotten ) ) , this has been dealt firmly but with lot of practicality and humour to it -- Not many will relish this movie but all parents will -- The crowd at the theature also reflected this sentim

Rotary The work with the girl students of the corporation school Saidapet continued--Earlier, we had completed our annual RYLA program where selected students undergo a two day program that covers their personality development in October 08 but there was demand for one program that was conducted on Health and Hygiene habits -- In the October program we covered around 60 girl students but there are around 400 in the same age group-- So we arranged just the health and hygiene sessions ( two sessions of 200 students per each session on Saturday Jan 10th )-- No men are allowed for this since it is a delicate subject. This program is needed at this age for any girl to help herself -- Rotary arranging the event and the girls asking for this session alone was not the reason for this topic to come to the blog-- The lady who ran this program for the students is a medical counsellor and she came all the way from Villipuram ( based out there ) to do this with no incentive or remuneration -- That

Quotable Quotes Pakistan should act and not talk . They should walk the talk -- Anand Sharma -- Minister of State for External Affairs I am a fan of Aiswaraya Rai . I think she is very beautiful ! -- Nicole Kidman Hollywood Actor I do not think that there is enough beer in all of Australia to satisfy us tonight -- Paul Harris South African Cricketer after his team's historic test series win against Australia The homeland of Jesus cannot continue to be witness to so much bloodshed which repeats itself endlessly-- Pope Benefict XVI on Israeli bombing of Gaza Austerity By now, almost everybody would have thought about the impact of the collapses in various disciplines and how it would affect the daily life. Also the fact that everything around us is gloomy , cuts on all fronts, rising costs , known ones not getting paid ( their employers in trouble ) -- Shopping for groceries is no longer a pleasure-- Air-conditioning at these shops are cut -- Most of the items are not available or t

Happy New year Greetings Quotable Quotes We should use scientific interventions to neutralise weapons of terror and mass destruction -- Manmohan Singh Prime Minister I had never allowed any such nonsense to happen during my two tenures as prime minister -- Nawaz Sharif on the extremist elements in Pakistan I was happy to reach the century but I am older and wiser now and don't jump around -- Rahul; Dravid Cricketer on his recent century against England We share good rapport. He pulls my leg.I pull his. But it is nothing serious- Aamir Khan on his rival Shah Rukh Khan' The drive : I took off to Kodai via Trichy ( halt on the way ) -- The roads are getting better and better and that is a good sign -- Certain towns are disappearing out of sight due to the creation of Bye pass roads- Enroute to Trichy , Tinidivanam and Villipuram are gone due to the bye pass -- You do not have to fret driving through these towns where there are small lanes and people crossing the roads as if there