Imtiaz Ali Quotes
I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.
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As with the onset of sudden celebrity, for the newly rich, the world often becomes a darker, narrower, less generous place; a paradox that elicits scant sympathy, but is nonetheless true.
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Now that we have a true leader who stands for family and has a loving relationship with his wife, maybe black men and women will follow their example. We have a lot of faith and trust in President Obama because his integrity thus far has shown us a new level of manhood, fatherhood and husbandhood.
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
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Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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No, it's a Bb. It looks wrong and it sounds wrong, but it's right.
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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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I'm evangelical.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I am the bridge between the East and the West. I don't want to abandon one for the other.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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Nora Roberts, Stephen King, Lee Child and George R. R. Martin write wildly different books. Their writing, plotting and styles have little or nothing in common. But they all write books and characters that readers find appealing.
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As a young woman, I just think there's something really confident and empowering about being able to flirt back.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world. It is a world I cannot get away from; I would not even want to.
