Riz Ahmed Quotes

I'm an actor. Since I was a teenager, I have had to play different characters, negotiating the cultural expectations of a Pakistani family, Brit-Asian rudeboy culture, and a scholarship to private school. The fluidity of my own personal identity on any given day was further compounded by the changing labels assigned to Asians in general.

Riz Ahmed

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It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet.

Jerry Brown

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Repeats are the worst, and 'Peanuts' was the one that started that. They don't rerun the news, do they? They don't repeat any other part of the paper. Why do they do it in the comics?

Stephan Pastis

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When I first played 'Wolfenstein 3D,' it blew my mind. It had a big impact on me.

Trent Reznor

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I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.

Rita Moreno

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I believe Sam Peckinpah is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, and I hold him in high regard.

Rod Lurie

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Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational.

Ron Perlman

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It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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The thing I find really special in performance is that there is this slightly mystical thing that takes over when you're responding to a crowd and engaging in people's imaginations collectively in a room. I've always thought that one of the most incredible things about being alive is going to see some kind of performance like that.

Johnny Flynn

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The first step in changing a culture, I believe, starts with the senior leadership team - and with the CEO.

Denise Morrison

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I have the insecurities of any actress, I suppose of any woman. Even the most beautiful ones feel unhappy. Look at Bardot: she was suicidal. But I like to play with the camera. I like to ham it up.

Chloe Sevigny

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I think Afghanistan has turned into the Vietnam of my generation, only with a better homecoming.

Brandon Webb

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I love swimming in rivers, and well remember once jumping in at Chiswick.

Boris Johnson

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