Imtiaz Ali Quotes
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
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People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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The women I know who have children and have careers, they seem to be very happy. They love their children and they love their jobs. But happiness comes out of being willing to do your work in your twenties to find out who you are, what you love.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I feel like Nashville has watched me grow up in front of them, which is cool, but it kind of sucks at the same time because you get pigeonholed, like, 'Oh, she's the girl with the long hair that wears fairy dresses.' That was me at one point because I was new and I was young. But we all grow up.
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
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One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.
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Washington worked very hard to create his legacy. Even before the War of Independence was over, he was assembling his papers and making sure they were going to be in a state of preservation that would represent as best he could the official side of what occurred during the Revolution.
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I have never looked at a child and been so angry that I flipped out.
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If you don't ever stop singing, your voice stays in shape. It's like the marathon runner. You've got to run, run, run to stay in shape.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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The evening is really hard for me. I have to force myself not to eat.
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I think I will never stop having mentors.
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In my day, you could get a faculty job with zero post-doc papers, as in the case of yours truly; but now, the CV of a successful applicant looks like that of a newly minted full professor from olden times.
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Most of us have not heard about Master Limited Partnerships. These special financing arrangements allow oil and gas investors to avoid paying certain corporate income taxes, but are not available to clean energy businesses.
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My job is to tell a story, and the decisions about the casting have to be honest.
