Kumail Nanjiani Quotes
Most of my exposure to American pop culture was through this weird prism of 'Mad' magazine.
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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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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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Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about my roles, then how will I do it? So, with all my roles, somewhere I feel comfortable about them, and that is why I play them.
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I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys.
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To be at the Oscars for 'American Sniper' and then also supporting Red Carpet Green Dress is just twice as cool for me.
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I argued strongly to the American publisher that 'Reality Hunger' should come out first. They thought that 'The Thing About Life' would have more appeal because it's on a broader topic; it's about mortality rather than art.
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I think I have a pretty good take on popular culture that maybe makes up for the fact that I'm not a sound-bite politician for the nightly news.
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Most of my exposure to American pop culture was through this weird prism of 'Mad' magazine.
