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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Let's drive the message home: we need health insurance reform, we need a strong public option, and we won't settle for less.
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The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.
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There can be no darker or more devastating tragedy than the death of man's faith in himself and in his power to direct his future.
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My own diagnosis of my problem is a simpler one. It's that I share 50 per cent of my genome with a banana and 98 per cent with a chimpanzee. Banana's don't do psychological consistency. And the tiny part of us that's different - the special Homo sapiens bit - is faulty. It doesn't work. Sorry about that.
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You won't even know you've crossed the line until it's way back in your rearview mirror.
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When we aren't collectively imagining hopeful futures, then the way things are going almost invariably seems negative and frightening.
