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.Ziauddin Sardar
Quotes to Explore
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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.
Laura Dern -
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.
M.I.A. -
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.
Maggie Rowe -
All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
Harold Pinter -
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.
Natalie Cole -
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.
Adam McKay
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
Indira Gandhi -
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.
Naveen Jain -
It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.
Ward Churchill -
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.
Barack Obama -
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.
Kurt Russell
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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.
Matthew Simpson -
I have always brought home stray animals - everything from squirrels to wild rabbits to foxes and turtles.
Amy Weber -
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.
Marcus Samuelsson -
People would do the sound of a truck backing up - beeeep, beeeep - as I was sitting down.
Ashley Graham -
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.
Kevin Kwan -
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.
Anna Gunn
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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
Buddha -
You've got two choices: you could either complain about it, or use it as fuel to make you a better person.
Brent Smith Shinedown -
Some forty years of experience in my field as a scholar and as a teacher have given me great confidence mixed with greater humility.
George Sarton -
People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you're doing.
Gabriel Iglesias -
The only book by a modern president that bears serious comparison with Obama's 'Dreams From My Father' is Jimmy Carter's short campaign autobiography, 'Why Not the Best?,' published in 1975.
Jonathan Raban -
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.
Ziauddin Sardar