Saadat Hasan Manto Quotes
I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.
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I like the term 'misunderstood.' But I am a bit of a bad boy.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think that we get a lot of scientists now who are bent into a system, and we lose some of their boldness by that. Obviously, you have to learn the ropes, but I think it's important to do that without hammering out the radicalness that makes innovation happen.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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During my captivity, I felt abandoned by everyone apart from my family and supporters, because there was no part of the political spectrum that would want me released.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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I'm focused on getting to a place where we can prove that journalism can make good money on the web.
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Challenging and highlighting abusive power dynamics in our culture is my goal; replicating them is not.
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I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.
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Young men should prove theorems, old men should write books.
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During my adolescence, our family dwelt in rural Alaska. We were dirt poor, Depression-era poor. Tarpaper shack and kerosene lamps. In those days I read because that's all I had. I wrote because that's all I had.
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I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
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I'm a head-shot photographer. I have people come to my apartment, and I take their head shots.
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The advice I give young people is that you have to pursue something, and you have to have fun along the way.
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There's a lot of complacency in philanthropy. People figure organizations are trying to do good, and that's enough, even if the results aren't there. But that's wasteful and inefficient. It crowds out better programs.
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My mother was pretty nuts, but she was also a character.
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I wondered why people consider escapism so bad, even the escapism on display right then. At first it might appear unseemly, but in the end its lack of pretension gives it its own sort of beauty.
