Kamila Shamsie Quotes
For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?
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Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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I'm such a fan of Shailene Woodley, so I'm super excited to see all her stuff. She's an awesome actress.
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
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A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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The inventory goes down the elevator every night.
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There are so many women who contributed in a very real way in pushing for the space program during the time in which there was a lot of competition to get into space first, and to know that there were African-American women who were integral in that success is pretty phenomenal.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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I moved to Milan when I was 15. I was always looking for something; I never really felt like I belonged where I was, so I went to live overseas.
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Everything has changed. An interview has become such a confrontational thing. It makes you very defensive.
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I always wanted to play some kind of instrument - piano, saxophone, whatever. I took it up for a while, then forgot about it because I didn't have the time.
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Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.
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An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
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What I'm trying to do is make photographs that are universally understood... that cross cultural lines. I want my photographs to be about the basic emotions and feelings that we all experience.
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don't mean to sound weird but I get so immersed in the source material when I'm working on a movie that I kind of lose the line between what I thought of and what was in the book.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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In this business, the minute you start feeling comfortable about the show you're doing or the ratings you're getting, you're in big trouble.
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For a second I was almost jealous of the clouds. Why was he looking to them for an escape when I was right here beside him?
