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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As a child growing up in World War II, I was very moved and stirred by what was going on, but I distanced myself from history. I regarded history as just one more subject.
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A journey awakens all our old fears of danger and risk. Your life is on the line. You are living by your own resources; you have to find your own way and solve every problem on the road.
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You could not give up a human heart as you could give up drinking. The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover’s soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it.
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Meanwhile, little people like you and me, if our prayers are sometimes granted, beyond all hope and probability, had better not draw hasty conclusions to our own advantage. If we were stronger, we might be less tenderly treated. If we were braver, we might be sent, with far less help, to defend far more desperate posts in the great battle.
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So it's been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.
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The physical journey in my films is indicative of the internal journey that my characters take.
