Kamila Shamsie Quotes
Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy.
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By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality.
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.
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I've stayed calm when I'm winning and I've stayed calm when I've lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can't celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you're losing, as in a few days you'll be in the next tournament and you'll have to be ready with that.
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If you put music into your Vine, and it's really jumpy, just do it over again.
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Some guys just slip under the radar.
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I would never recommend losing on a bye, so that one definitely stays with you.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than the one with all the facts.
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It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
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I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.
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As far as the 2009 elections go, there has been a serious crackdown on human rights in Iran, a clampdown on the media and the wrongful imprisonment of journalists. So it seems what's happening is the government is going after people who have a voice, people who change society or public opinion.
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People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.
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I love my job. I come every day having a ball.
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You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.
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I love traveling around and talking to women in groups like the Girl Scouts, and being able to work with them is such an honor. For me, it's always about working really hard and being able to help other people, which is what I've done with both of my books.
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We're long past having to defend or explain why women should be on boards, given all the data that shows how companies with female as well as male directors perform better. It's unfortunate when companies with a large percentage of women constituents don't reflect that in their boardrooms.
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Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
