Hanif Kureishi Quotes
I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.
Quotes to Explore
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion - the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I'm more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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New technologies such as solar systems or hybrid cars aren't created overnight. By extending these tax credits we are giving this industry time to grow, branch out and succeed.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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There are times I think it might be nice to have deep-pocketed limited partners to provide me with some cushion. But I enjoy having no responsibilities except to myself, financially.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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After defining an idea of what I want to achieve, through a series of storyboard images, I'll go to the ends of the earth to create it, whether that involves obscure camera lenses or the latest electronic techniques.
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
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Because I feel 'Thor' is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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Like every audition I go on, I do my best, but after that, I let it go because, you know, the rejection rate is so great in Hollywood, and I can only control what I do in the audition, and after that it's up to somebody else.
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It's funny how you can be thought of as somebody who humanizes bad guys, and I'll take that, but it is something that gave me pause, and I started speaking to my team about finding a good guy.
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I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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I know some children's writers write for specific children, or for the children they once were, but I never have. I just thought children might like my sort of visual humour.
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I think it's safe to say that 'manliness' was a common theme in my upbringing. It was an assumed status, but - and here's the important bit - it was the Rudyard Kipling kind. The emphasis was on gentlemanly conduct, sportsmanship, fairness and stoicism.
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Stuff happens when you are a kid, it scars you inside for life.
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There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different.
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I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.
