Kumail Nanjiani Quotes
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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The most important thing as a leader is your relationship with God.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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I'm a very ambitious person. I've been like this from a very young age. As early as 12 years old, I used to have panic attacks because I needed to know my life plan.
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I am ready to debate how we fight terrorism without giving up our liberty.
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I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.
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In the 1990s, we were certain that Saddam Hussein had a nuclear arsenal. In fact, his factories could barely make soap.
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Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
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I don't write anything if I'm not agreeable and liking it. I'm not one of these slavers who wads up paper. It comes or it doesn't.
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And I've always believed in what Martin Luther King, Jr. called 'the fierce urgency of now' - we should not fear change, we should embrace it.
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Mere abuse is no criticism.
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Mary Magdalene beat her breasts and sobbed, His dear disciple, stone-faced, stared. His mother stood apart. No other looked into her secret eyes. Nobody dared. - 1940-1943
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The royal duty of non-opposition is a reminder that the legitimacy of government is founded on the consent of the people, who may withdraw their mandate at any time if they lose confidence in the ability of the ruler to serve their best interests.
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The rule of law is crucial to a civilized society - so we should go out of our way to uphold and strengthen it to the extent possible.
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The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.
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I was in school - I was a good learner; if I wanted to get something done, I could get it done. I was lazy, though. I was always, like, sort of an outcast. And when I got home, I was always doing music, but when I was doing music, no one was there to judge it, you know? It was just me in my bedroom. It gave me freedom and made me happy.
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The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed by federal law.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.
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One of my favorite comedies is 'Shaun of the Dead.'
