Kumail Nanjiani Quotes

I don't go, 'It is now time to change Americans' perception of Muslims. It's going to be a long day.' I think you just try to be unique and try to be yourself, and if something good comes of that, then great.

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• We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.

  

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• I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.

  

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• If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

  

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• Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.

  

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• One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.

  

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• It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.

  

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• History's a resource.

  

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• Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.

  

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• The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

  

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• I'm a very driven, ambitious, positive person. But I'm a spiritual person as well.

  

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• You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.

  

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• I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.

  

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• It's always an honour doing anything for your country.

  

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• I can bat in the morning, afternoon, evening, night, on ice, desert, wherever and whenever. It is almost nirvana for me. It takes me away from the stresses of life.

  

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• I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.

  

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• I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

  

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• I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.

  

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• New ideas for innovation grow out of the minds of each new generation. Having an institution of higher learning that can help young people put those ideas into action is critical.

  

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• I have few other characters to relate to other than myself. I have enough of a body of work now that the paternal side of Alan Thicke gets a lot of play. I do get a lot of calls to play dads.

  

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• It is not our sexual preferences, the color of our skin, the language we speak, nor the religion we practice that creates friction, hatred and wars amongst in society. It is our words and the words of our leaders that can create that disparity.

  

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• Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone. They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on. And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song. Oh I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long.

  

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• Boy, did he depress me! I don't mean he was a bad guy- he wasn't. But you don't have to be bad guy to depress somebody- you can be a good guy and do it.

  

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• I don't go, 'It is now time to change Americans' perception of Muslims. It's going to be a long day.' I think you just try to be unique and try to be yourself, and if something good comes of that, then great.

  

  Kumail Nanjiani
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