Nadeem Aslam Quotes
Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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My mum always liked poetry, and she had pictures on the wall, so there was this visual stuff around.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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Since first starting my career, I've grown accustomed to working with actors older than me. I'm always the youngest.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Those market researchers... are playing games with you and me and with this entire country. Their so-called samples of opinion are no more accurate or reliable than my grandmother's big toe was when it came to predicting the weather.
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My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
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I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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Everything I did and continue to do happens for a reason, and honestly, I don't regret much in my life.
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Swaraj for me means freedom for the meanest of countrymen.
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There were a couple of things I needed to do while I was in New York. One was to have a pizza pie, one was to get a tattoo... and the other was to get a Yankees hat.
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Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.
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It's always fun to improvise. What's weird is that when you're recording, you're by yourself, for the most part.
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Paper is the strongest material in the world. Things under which a mountain will crumble, you can place on paper and it will hold: beauty at its most intense; love at its fiercest; the greatest grief; the greatest rage.
