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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Well, of course I think people can be forgiven. But our justice system is not set up to dispense forgiveness. You can go to the local priest for 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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If he doesn’t want to skate to music that’s pretty and wear a pretty costume, then go rollerblade or skateboard or do one of those extreme sports.
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The hard part that I didn't like about recruiting in college was, there was so many regulations. So many rules. It was so many layers to it in the recruiting that I just got fed up with it.
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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
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Will America be the death of English? I'm glad I asked me that. My well-thought-out mature judgment is that it will.
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One of my favorite comedies is 'Shaun of the Dead.'
