Imran Amed Quotes
A whole series of events pushed me towards meditation, and now it's become such an integral part of the way I manage myself. It's a tool for me; when you're an entrepreneur, and you're pulled in every direction, it is wonderful to have this discipline.
Quotes to Explore
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Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good. But I made no promises that I would write books a lot of people would like to read.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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I think I'm a pretty well-kept secret.
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
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I'm interested in playing, not working.
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If I learned anything from the Army, it was about being able to get things done, no matter how tough the assignment, and it served me later in life.
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I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.
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I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
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I love people who break boundaries and always create something new and fresh.
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Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone; it has to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new.
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It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.
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The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen.
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I'll tell you what I miss most. What I would love to do, more than anything, is just anthologies. With an anthology you can tell any story and be in every division of television. We don't have any anthologies anymore, do we?
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If you calculate 15 minutes a day to shave, that is 5,000 minutes a year spent shaving.
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The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it happens.
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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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I like all things natural, and I love being Indian. So clothes-wise, I love wearing Indian. Does my wearing a salwar kameez instead of a dress make me less of an actor, less of a person?
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The social inefficiency of capitalism is going to clash at some point with the technological innovations capitalism engenders, and it is out of that contradiction that a more efficient way of organising production and distribution and culture will emerge.
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The events of childhood do not pass but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.
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As far as being in dangerous situations around the world is concerned, I always have a Secret Service detail with me as one of the privileges of a former President.
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Brush and ink are only servants of thoughts and emotion. They should follow your emotion and change with the emotion.
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A whole series of events pushed me towards meditation, and now it's become such an integral part of the way I manage myself. It's a tool for me; when you're an entrepreneur, and you're pulled in every direction, it is wonderful to have this discipline.
