Nadeem Aslam Quotes
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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That's what I like to do, I like to make songs.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.
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Here in America we're doing the most wonderful crafts.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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I like being unconventional.
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We didn't rehearse or play the songs to death before we recorded them, and that let us catch a freshness and energy level we've never really felt while making records.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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We interpret our agreement with the IMF - our participation in the IMF's system of cooperation - as a borrowing agreement. The IMF sees it as an economic policy agreement. This is not in our interest.
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God is the great comprehensive a priori integrity of Universe within which human beings find themselves to be operating.
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I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.
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I'm like a crockpot on low heat. My mind constantly comes up with ideas, but I abandon a lot of them after a week or two. It's the ones that keep coming to me, that keep picking up flavors, that haunt me, those are the ones that wind up getting written.
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Astronauts are not superhuman. They lead ordinary lives and have varied personalities.
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Paper is the strongest material in the world; paper can handle what I can't.
