Khaled Hosseini Quotes
I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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Happiness is precious, and so I prefer to keep mine private. In a world where everyone shares everything, I can think of a lot of happy moments, but they're mine.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you.
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You can't change the market; the market just is.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged terrorist attacks on a global scale against the people from the countries who are fighting ISIS.
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I carry around, like, a little journal with me and just write all the time. Not necessarily, like, actually sitting down and writing lyrics - just freeform writing, whatever's going on in my mind. I write a lot on airplanes, actually, because it's completely isolating.
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I find Indian music very funky. I mean it's very soulful, with their own kind of blues. But it's the only other school on the planet that develops improvisation to the high degree that you find in jazz music. So we have a lot of common ground.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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Your destiny is to fulfill those things upon which you focus most intently. So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful. Your life is always moving toward something.
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I'm my own psychologist.
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A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.
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I don't love the world. I think Jupiter should have hit us.
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I think if you are a black person or an Hispanic person, you are not as fond of Rudolph Giuliani as you are if you happen to be a white person. Because he has trampled on people's civil rights.
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I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.
