Agha Shahid Ali Quotes
In the heart's wild space lies the space of wilderness. What won't one lose, what home one won't give forever!
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As soon as one project is finished I like to go straight on to something else.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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I used to visit London when I was younger with my family. I feel very close to the city.
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I've committed to surfing the rest of my life.
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People look up to Jacques Mesrine as if he were a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, but he never gave anything back to anybody.
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I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.
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I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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But I could also start F1 or rallying. I love rallying much more.
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I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude.
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Move fast. Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors.
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I want to do a big Broadway musical, at some point. I would love to do that. To do something there would be super-cool.
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There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say.
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Tahir Pasha assigned me a room when I was staying in his residence, and every night before sleeping, I would spend around three hours going over the books I had memorized. It would take me three months to go through the lot. Thanks be to God, all those works became steps ascending to the truths of the Qur'an.
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I'm quite curious and excited about seeing a new script for 'Blade Runner.' If, in fact, the opportunity would exist to do another, if it's a good script, I would be very anxious to work with Ridley Scott again; he's a very talented and passionate filmmaker. And I think it would be very interesting to revisit the character.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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I try to create an environment where, when we step onto the set, we're all in character.
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It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for.
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Our life is full of empty space.
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Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder, leaving us with fifty-button remote controls, digital cameras with hundreds of mysterious features and book-length manuals, and cars with dashboard systems worthy of the space shuttle.
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In the heart's wild space lies the space of wilderness. What won't one lose, what home one won't give forever!
