Mohsin Hamid Quotes
When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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But are not the dreams of poets and the tales of travellers notoriously false?
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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Fashion anticipates.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long, for example, for the military bureaucracy to fix critical supply issues like the drones needed in Iraq and took three years to replace a dysfunctional command structure in Afghanistan.
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We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
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Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the world.
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Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.
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India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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Mighty proud I am that I am able to have a spare bed for my friends.
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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection.
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It's very important, at least for me and for Cynthia, to get outside input.
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'Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there's one voice from the past that's also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually.
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I think I was a bit naive when I was younger. I don't know what it was: I sort of felt tunnel vision - I didn't really have peripheral vision or see the world and what was happening. I'm much more worldly, and I believe that I'm much more grounded in my body than I probably was when I was younger.
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When the International Trade Centre, the agency I head, works with German electronics giant Bosch to help Kenyan food processing companies boost their productivity and export competitiveness, we may well be creating future customers for Bosch washing machines.
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Fear requires a desire to exist in the future.
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When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.
