Ziauddin Sardar Quotes
I have multiple identities. I'm British. I'm Pakistani. I'm a Muslim. I'm a writer. I'm a father. And each identity has rich overtones. So I must be careful to look at your identity, and that of others, in the same way.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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At first, I found the music I was making really hard to find a home for. I felt like my attitude was really British, but not the actual sounds I was making. Back in 2003, when I made 'Galang,' there were no clubs that had an 'anything and everything' attitude.
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The term 'personal ambition' immediately puts me off. It feels like finding a sliver of onion in my ice cream. There's nothing wrong with a sliver of onion, but I don't want it in my ice cream.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
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My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.
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But at a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do - it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds.
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I no longer look at my life and times in the motion picture industry as my career. I just look at it now as something I like and want to do.
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Another principle is, the deepest affections of our hearts gather around some human form in which are incarnated the living thoughts and ideas of the passing age.
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I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.
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I've been lucky to travel and work all over the world through the lens of the back of the house, and I love that monocle. I love that lens, because it's real people.
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People would do the sound of a truck backing up - beeeep, beeeep - as I was sitting down.
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I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.
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As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.
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I looked long and hard at third films in series to see if there were any good ones that I could learn from. And there weren't any that hadn't just gone off the train tracks by their third film. Until, that is, I got to the third 'Lord of the Rings' film.
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What's my favorite thing about Seattle? It's Ho Ho's Restaurant.
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It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.
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I don't care if you're black, white, short, tall, skinny, rich or poor. If you respect me I'll respect you.
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I have multiple identities. I'm British. I'm Pakistani. I'm a Muslim. I'm a writer. I'm a father. And each identity has rich overtones. So I must be careful to look at your identity, and that of others, in the same way.
