Kumail Nanjiani Quotes
Most of my exposure to American pop culture was through this weird prism of 'Mad' magazine.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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I am not honest.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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My parents' long and happy marriage was a great ideal to live up to, but a tough one.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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God does arithmetic.
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My parents are high school sweethearts.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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Versace designs have always been bootlegged. Now it's Versace bootlegging the bootleg for the bootleggers to bootleg the bootleg.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
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The tech genie is out of the bottle; you can't put it back in.
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After having supplied myself with provisions from Mr. Travis's, I scratched a hole under a pile of fence rails in a field, where I concealed myself for six weeks, never leaving my hiding place but for a few minutes in the dead of night to get water, which was very near.
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I'm definitely interested in two questions: 'Is anybody ever really irredeemable?' and 'How much are we all prepared to do for each other?'
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I, perhaps wrongly, assume that people actually read articles that interest them rather than just headlines.
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All I've ever wanted to do is move the needle on popular culture.
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Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.
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Most of my exposure to American pop culture was through this weird prism of 'Mad' magazine.
