'Ravi' means 'sun.' It's a Sanskrit original word. And 'Shankar' is another name of Shiva, one of the holy trinity god that we worship.
It's a war zone, my body, and one which has been through a great deal.
Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.
Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate.
Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications.
In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war.
The miserable failures of capitalist economies in the Great Depression were root causes of worldwide social and political disasters.
I think I'd be pretty star struck over John Mayer. I'm a big fan of his music, and I think he's great.
The three great problems of this century; the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
You kind of hope as a musician that you get some recognition for what you do, and when you do, it's nice. It's a really good feeling.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
I had such a good time working with John Woo and John Travolta, and it was so professional. I want to work with people who are real professionals.
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.
Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.
The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.
Good social media is authentic. What makes social media work is actually having something to say.
Market forces and capitalism by themselves aren't sufficient to ensure the common good and to limit the concentration of wealth at levels that are compatible with democratic ideals.
We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties.
One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.
