Nadeem Aslam Quotes
The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are like the two halves of a scissor coming together, cutting reputations and good names to shreds.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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I've certainly not got any famous people's numbers on my phone. It's just not my thing, really.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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My most memorable moment came in 1985 as we beat the Boston Celtics.
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I'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
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Everyone takes a bad selfie - the first thing is to know that.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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I just can't read music.
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I've found all of my apartments on Craigslist. I've got good Craigslist luck. I just sit on my couch and really focus on it, and I've gotten really lucky that way.
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IQ is a commodity, data is a commodity. I'm far more interested in watching people interact at a restaurant with their smartphone. We can all read 'Tech Crunch,' 'Ad Age.' I would rather be living in the trenches. I would rather be going to Whole Foods in Columbus Circle to watch people shop with their smartphones.
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Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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I do secret stand-up shows around New York. I announce and tweet this to nobody - I get onstage and I do a quick five minutes.
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Each Warrior wants to leave the mark of his will, his signature, on important acts he touches. This is not the voice of ego but of the human spirit, rising up and declaring that it has something to contribute to the solution of the hardest problems, no matter how vexing!
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Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
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Programmers can be lazy.
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Pretty excited to get to Boston. Great city and great team; they're in the race. They want to win here, and that's what I want to do.
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I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.
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Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong, but tonight you're on my mind, so you never know.
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The neighbourhood is a place of...intrigue and emotional espionage, where when two people stop to talk on the street their tongues are like the two halves of a scissor coming together, cutting reputations and good names to shreds.
