Fareed Zakaria Quotes
The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.
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To me, it's impolite to go out shopping with no money.
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That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86.
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Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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My background playing soccer gave me a natural advantage over many of the American-born players.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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R. C. Buford has been a huge help to me with his support.
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Especially if you're endeavouring daily to write your own books, you read with a degree of - well, it's hard to forget you're a writer when you're reading.
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Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I'm a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons.
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My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.
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I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.
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You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
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I dread the idea of a paparazzi snapping me while I'm out running.
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Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm.
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For me a day without training is like a day without eating.
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My camps are always ten weeks. That's what makes me comfortable.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.
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My writing has changed a lot. From 16 to 19, I've changed a lot. My kind of writing in the beginning was very observational; now it's grown very personal for me. I use it as a diary in many ways.
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Quilliam will remain a priority for me because its values shape my beliefs and outlook.
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I'm sick of the foodies who need every morsel that goes into their mouth to be a Picasso painting, a Giacometti sculpture, a Proust novel, evoking the world with each crumb.
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Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
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The one show that I will continue to be a guest on is 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart, if he'll have me. It's not competitive with CNN and it's too much fun.
