Agha Shahid Ali Quotes
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Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.
Garry Trudeau -
The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.
Hans Blix -
The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.
Eckhart Tolle -
I have played for 15 years and it has been a dream.
Sachin Tendulkar -
On 'Paranormal Activity,' it worked to my advantage not to have much of a crew, but on a bigger movie, where you have to work with a larger group of people who basically become your second family for a few months, it can be a great experience. Even though all of my projects are small scale compared to most Hollywood productions.
Oren Peli -
Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
Ian Frazier
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Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of.
Yahya Jammeh -
The first sentence of a book is a promise.
Barbara Kingsolver -
My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.
Aaron Levie -
All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
Jack Kerouac -
God is love. I have loved. Therefore, I will go to heaven.
Imelda Marcos -
I like Louis C.K., Chris Rock. Old schools like Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy.
Adam DeVine
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My parents had to go to Ohio to get married in 1965 because it was still illegal in Mississippi. My white father and black mother.
Natasha Trethewey -
To all the parents out there, thank you for allowing me to be a role model for your children. I really, really do not take that for granted.
Zendaya -
I have been getting offers from international artistes for collaboration all across the globe, but I prefer to work with Indian artistes.
Kailash Kher -
When you start playing tennis, you don't imagine there's a whole bureaucracy behind the tournaments and all of that. You just think about winning the cups.
Venus Williams -
We Americans look at the last 300 years of history, and we basically see a world that's getting better and better. The rule of freedom expands. The economy develops. We have risen to become the world's greatest power.
Walter Russell Mead -
I love big, bold, truthful theater - the tradition of Victorian theater.
Harold Prince
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Maybe because I bat aggressively and go for big hits at times, people tend to remember my batting. But I have always done well as a stumper, too.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni -
Even the most seemingly unpleasant situations - if you become aligned with it, something good will emerge from that.
Eckhart Tolle -
It's nice to see different dimensions of a character. A love interest and family life are always, I think, important in creating layers and textures.
Nazanin Boniadi -
The kind of love that these young men have and the respect that they have for their fathers, I don't see that as much in America as you see in the Latino community, and it's really something to behold.
Kevin Costner -
The moon touched my shoulder and I longed for a vanished love.
Agha Shahid Ali