Asghar Ali Engineer Quotes
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I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.
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Cinema and the arts invite viewers to focus on a story and, in doing so, peel away its layers and peer into the depths of the human soul.
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It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I learned a lot from the various artists I produced. Either you see them doing something that you do want to do it, or you see them doing something the way you don't want to do it.
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I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony!
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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Manhood is taking care of your family and being able to bless other people. Not yourself - but whether you can bless other people.
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Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear.
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After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol.
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A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence.
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The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.
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Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.
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I spent more time on dark ships in danger zones than any other woman in the world.
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Your sympathy is worthless to people in need without action.
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If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.
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Daniel Day-Lewis is my favorite actor walking the planet right now. He never ceases to amaze me.
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Tinkering is something we need to know how to do in order to keep something like the space station running. I am a tinkerer by nature.
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I'm launching my own festival in South Wales. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. It's going to be held at Margam Park, because I wanted the venue to be as close to my home as possible.
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The Council on Foreign Relations is the American branch of a society which originated in England ... and ... believes national boundaries should be obliterated and one-world rule established.
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The next time you download a book on Kindle, buy a Michael Moore screed at Barnes & Noble, or order up a political movie from video on demand, remember that it is the Supreme Court's decision in 'Citizens United' that guarantees you the right to do so.
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Nobody wants to get into controversies, especially in the film industry. I do not wish to be a controversial girl. But sometimes you have to take tough decisions that might eventually help your career.
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Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry, theories of structures, or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture- literally a vision-in the minds of those who built them. Society is where it is today because people had the perception; the images and the imagination; the creativity that the Arts provide, to make the world the place we live in today.
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There needs to be an allegiance to the United States and what this country stands for.
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I am not taking away the historical legacy, but it should not become a burden.
