Waris Ahluwalia Quotes
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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I never even held a guitar until I was 23 and living in California, but then loved it. I'm really not an accomplished instrumentalist. Maybe that has something to do with why I write and sing.
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As the scripts come in they are sent to the artists, and the artists are either very busy, or ready to start.
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My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
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Bosses will tell you they are looking for something different but they're not, actually.
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Unless they're superhuman, nobody's going to look perfect all the time.
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I just think that everything is symbolic, and who you are determines everything that you do, small moves and big moves.
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That ignorant confidence in one's self and one's future, which comes in life's first dawn, has a sort of mournful charm in experienced eyes, who know how much it all amounts to.
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I do warm-up but it’s not very technical. Before an hour before every show we always put on some music that everybody in the band likes. We have maybe a beer or a glass of wine and I just try to sing along to those songs that we play just to get my voice warmed up. I practice to sing as much as possible before going on stage.
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I have notebooks and sketchbooks for ideas. I also have drawers full of envelopes covered in quick outlines, scenes or scraps of dialogue that I don't want to forget. I tend to grab whatever's to hand and just get the thing down before it's lost. It's not what you would call a streamlined system.
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You ever see guys with nothing on their desk? They always fail. I don’t know what it is. I’ve seen it for years.
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I love my passport. I plan trips very last minute, so I always carry it with me.
