Kamila Shamsie Quotes
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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Everyone's path is really different, and you just have to be in the right place at the right time. 'The X Factor' gave me that chance I needed, that platform.
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I have lots of friends and, like me, they're not married. So my kids have lots of godparents - men and women, gay and straight. My loft is always filled with people helping me out with them and loving them.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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I don't know of any other creature on earth other than man that will sit in a corner and cry because of some painful experience in the past.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.
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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story – my favorite records have a narrative feel.
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I just think political correctness is crap.
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Nobody is going to hand you a music career.
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The laptop computer is a workhorse. The tablet is just a display.
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I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once.
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In 'Winter Soldier' - in terms of character-based, 'Winter Soldier' was so specifically for us: everything in that movie was designed around that version of Captain America that we wanted to see, that we wanted to explore. Everything in that film, all of the stylistic choices just flow from that.
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The storytelling in 'Doctor Who' is quite universal.
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Is there anything more insane in this life than being called Pablo Neruda?
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Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.
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I don't really know what's going to happen in the future, but I think it's really important for bands to have strong connection with their fans.
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You have this ability to find beauty in weird places.
