Wasif Ali Wasif Quotes
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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.
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What I support is moving Medicaid to block grants so that the states can drive that process.
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I'm often drawn to characters that are more obviously one thing. They're passionate, and there is always an element of strength because I think every person possesses that in some way, even if they've experienced hardship in their lives.
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Work is making a living out of being bored.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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Well that's a polite thing to say but that's fucking ridiculous.
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Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.
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We commute through computers. Spirits stay mute while our ego spread rumors. We're survivalists turned to consumers
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'...there were some things that were true, and some things that were trite; but what was true was trite, and what was not trite was not true...'
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Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.
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I pushed against doing a podcast for so long. I'm a very late comer to the podcast game. But you're responsibility as a comedian is to get your viewpoints out into the world, and we have a lot more avenues to do that. So it's a lot more opportunity, but really have to work all the time.
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When you're 65, you're surprised by what turns you on.
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My standup is observational, but it's self-observational, and it's self-deprecating, definitely.
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All economic forecasts are subject to considerable uncertainty. There is always a wide range of plausible outcomes for important economic variables, including the federal funds rate.
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Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.
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If we could, we'd change a lot of things. But the only thing that's going to really change things is money and time. And time might just make it worse, too.
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I don't know how it started but someone must have noticed I was always chewing tobacco or smoking a pipe.
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I come from down south, where vegetation does not know its place. Honeysuckle can work through cracks in your walls and strangle you while you sleep. Kudzu can completely shroud a house and a car parked in the yard in one growing season. Wisteria can lift a building off its foundation, and certain terrifying mints spread so rapidly that just the thought of them on a summer night can make your hair stand on end.
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Sleep is a mirror of life in which can be seen the reflection of death.
