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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The information revolution has changed wealth. Intellectual capital is far more important than money.
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There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.
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If they made a movie about Bob Dylan, I would love to play a young Bob Dylan; I mean, I've got the wild hair.
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I know real cops. When they're paired up together, they get so close, you know? There's no excuse for it, but these guys do have a connection. They fight like cats and dogs, but when they get in a really messed-up situation, they're there for each other.
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Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.
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Why do you have to be so annoying sometimes?" "Cant help it. It's the company I keep.
