Imtiaz Ali Quotes
The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
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I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
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I didn't even know I could sing or write songs. I didn't have that education. But people shouldn't think they can look down on someone like me, because I've had the same success as others, sold the same amount of records, if not more. They shouldn't think that because I'm just from 'The X Factor,' I'm not credible or respected as much.
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War diminishes both civil and economic rights.
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I've had grand pianos that are more expensive than, like, a year's worth of rent.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
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I'm a pretty plain-spoken guy.
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It's never crowded along the extra mile.
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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.
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In general, I think I'm quick to worry about disasters of all kinds.
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I knew that I wanted to be a writer even before I knew exactly what being a writer entailed.
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Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely?
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At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.
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Many people find themselves with illness as they become successful: higher blood pressure and diabetes.
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There is no longer a way out of our present situation except by forging a road toward our objective, violently and by force, over a sea of blood and under a horizon blazing with fire.
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I've learned that you have to take responsibility for yourself in this game and lead yourself through it.
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Insofar as mathematics is true, it does not describe the real world. Insofar as it describes the real world, it is not true.
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I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.
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I'm gazing at church and palace, ruin and column,Like a serious man making sensible use of a journey,But soon it will happen, and all will be one vast temple,Love's temple, receiving its new initiate.Though you're a whole world, Rome, still, without Love,The world isn't the world, and Rome can't be Rome.
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
