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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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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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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I don't think it's safe to allow anybody from the Middle East into this country.
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I think my mom and dad knew from the very beginning that I was destined to go into public service.
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Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a fashion designer can take up a costume designer's role, it is not possible vice versa.
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A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.
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I'm funkier than a locker room after a hoop game.
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At about an age when most children start full time schooling, hundreds of thousands of their contemporaries start a lifetime of drudgery in factories and fields, working 12-16 hours daily.
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America is a nation of immigrants. And so the question is, how do we make legal immigration faster, less bureaucratic, cut the red tape?
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I've gone seventy-nine hours without sleep, creating. When that flow is going, it's almost like a high. You don't want it to stop. You don't want to go to sleep for fear of missing something.
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Sleep is a mirror of life in which can be seen the reflection of death.
