Imran Amed Quotes
My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.
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There have been numerous tips and numerous people offering advice. I appreciate it because it all comes with good feelings from the heart. But some of it we'll apply, and some things we won't.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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I guess, for better or for worse, I am an American composer, and I've had a wonderful life being exactly that.
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It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.
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A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow.
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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I didn't live at school, I lived where I could and studied what I enjoyed studying. I took what I wanted from that education but was making my first record at the same time. I don't know anyone from school. I was just leading a different life. I was really interested in writing and other things.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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To my mind, there is no doubt that this Gandhi age is the dark age of India. It is an age in which people, instead of looking for their ideals in the future, are returning to antiquity.
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Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.
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A good procrastination should feel like you're inserting lots and lots of commas into the sentence of your life.
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Speech and having a stammer is obviously a big part of my life.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning.
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I didn't see deep emotion from my parents. It was all very polite and very surface. I never knew how anybody was feeling.
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There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing.
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Comedy is the most difficult thing to do. Easily the most difficult.
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The Olympia was a really special place for me as a kid. I saw Dad perform there so many times, so it means a lot.
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Got my window open wide Got a good woman by my side I got a good woman by my side 'Cause I know Something good this way comes.
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My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.
