Imtiaz Ali Quotes
The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.Imtiaz Ali
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
Olly Murs -
War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
P. J. O'Rourke -
I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
Lady Gaga -
Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
Tariq Ali -
I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
Watt Key
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
Katee Sackhoff -
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
Daniel Berrigan -
I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
Ed Helms -
I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
Larry Hogan -
It's never crowded along the extra mile.
Wayne Dyer -
We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
Olive Schreiner
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In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.
Karen Thompson Walker -
I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
Dan Simmons -
Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
Jackie Collins -
At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
Haile Gebrselassie -
Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
Zong Qinghou -
There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.
Gamal Abdel Nasser
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I am the candidate of tax cuts, repealing Obamacare, repealing Dodd-Frank, letting the markets work, coming up with patient-and-doctor-centered healthcare solutions instead of more big government - and just generally getting government off the backs of small businesses.
Wendy E. Long -
It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want from a film even if something isn't overtly political. They may or may not get it, and it's hard to control that.
Leonardo DiCaprio -
Saint Teresa, as the Roman Rota attests, never fell into any mortal sin; but still Our Lord showed her the place prepared for her in Hell; not because she deserved Hell, but because, had she not risen from the state of lukewarmness in which she lived, she would in the end have lost the grace of God and been damned.
Alphonsus Liguori -
You can make a beautiful, airtight world that's fascinating to look at, but it's not interesting unless you have a character that's trying to achieve something under the circumstances of that world. It's harder to play a wacky girlfriend whose journey you just don't understand.
Mackenzie Davis -
When I was younger, I think I intimidated people much more because I was far more insecure.
Claire Forlani -
The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
Imtiaz Ali