Hanif Kureishi Quotes
I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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Layering in different patterns will keep things from appearing too studied.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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If writers just sit and talk about oppression, they are not going to do much writing.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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No matter how much I'm on and people are loving me, there's always some like, and it's usually a woman too, in the audience rolling her eyes, "Oh Wayne, you're embarrassing yourself." There's always someone like that.
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President Trump is President Trump. He is the commander-in-chief. He can roll things out however he wants.
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Within our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn't the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to minimise the absolutists within any religious community and contain them.
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It's very long for me. I'm driving it into the face of every hill out there (and) had to hit a wood into every (par-4) hole.
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I like music, I listened to all rappers; people like Jeezy, Yo Gotti, T.I.
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I'm interested in philosophical psychology, people like Nietzsche, Freud, Alcan, Foucault, Derrida.
