Kumail Nanjiani Quotes
A lot of people say video games can be stifling. Older people say, 'We had to go outside, and we had to make up stories!' For me, video games broadened my horizons. Playing 'Golden Axe,' I was those characters. I imagined myself being in that world, so honestly, it was a really good thing.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I just prepare myself to perform well, to support my teammates to play well, to try to get to the final, to the World Series.
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When I wrote 'Green, Green,' it was like a really a statement of where I was at philosophically in my life.
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In Germany I am not so famous.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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I don't drink coffee.
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I love doing voice-over. It's one of my favorite things.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Qualifying for the Olympics is probably harder than winning a medal at the Olympics.
Mandy Bujold -
When you take of a man's time, you've taken a part of his life.
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Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.
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We live in a vacuous world, yet we do so with a feeling of urgency.
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Sometimes people say something to you and you're like, "I respect you so much, I love what you do, but I disagree. I don't think that's right for the way I see it."
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I guess you could say I have bad taste in men. But I no longer feel the need to be someone's wife.
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I like the sound of a Silvertone amp for myself. It's kind of cleaner guitar sounds when necessary, maybe a little less metal-sounding. But it really doesn't matter what amp I play through; it's really the way I voice chords and play guitar, how I strike the strings.
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A lot of people say video games can be stifling. Older people say, 'We had to go outside, and we had to make up stories!' For me, video games broadened my horizons. Playing 'Golden Axe,' I was those characters. I imagined myself being in that world, so honestly, it was a really good thing.
