Fatima Bhutto Quotes
Well, I do write on political and social issues and the idea that one shouldn't - or the idea that we should censor ourselves - doesn't really work for me because it would be doing the government's job for them. And I'm not interested in doing that. I think what we need very much in Pakistan is to be able to discuss the corruption and the violence that really colours most of our life here.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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I dig all kinds of competition.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love.
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...words were said that could not be put right again...
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Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.
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Well, I do write on political and social issues and the idea that one shouldn't - or the idea that we should censor ourselves - doesn't really work for me because it would be doing the government's job for them. And I'm not interested in doing that. I think what we need very much in Pakistan is to be able to discuss the corruption and the violence that really colours most of our life here.
