Rumaan Alam Quotes

Every sense has the power to transport us through time, but it's taste I find the most mysterious, and writing about it often results in tortured metaphors.

Rumaan Alam

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I am really accessible.

Jimmy Wales

I AmReallyAccessibleAm

No one gives a damn what Iran thinks on any significant issue. The only reason Iran is at the big boys' table is because of their nuclear weapons program.

Jim Mattis

TableDamnReasonNuclear Weapons

Every time I hear a politician mention the word 'stimulus,' my mind flashes back to high school biology class, when I touched battery wires to a dead frog to make it twitch.

Robert Kiyosaki

TimeSchoolMindHigh SchoolBiology

If you were looking at where you would like your career to go, then you would have to cherry pick The Stones. People love coming to see them. They are it, they are the most definitive rock n roll band ever.

Andy Taylor

LovePeopleLookingYouCareerRock

Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

Mia Wasikowska

YouFameMoreBecauseUsefulGet

A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books.

John Rhys-Davies

ChildGrowing UpYouGrowingAfrica

As long as you can laugh, you are not old.

Sofia Vassilieva

LaughLongYouOld

I happen to think it's the politics that makes you electable, but the reason for that is politicians sometimes talk about electability as if it's just a matter of conning the public. Actually, it's a matter of persuading the public, and in my experience, usually, the public gets it right.

Tony Blair

ExperiencePoliticsThinkYouTalk

A microphone has a certain range. It's not as good as your ears, but it will capture an enclosed space, the harmonic content in a room. Nice old tube mikes do that pretty well. And that's a good sound.

Ry Cooder

GoodSpaceNiceWillCaptureSound

In my early years, I couldn't find a community. I couldn't find anybody like me. I felt so isolated. There was nothing but shame and loneliness.

Mary Gauthier

CommunityLonelinessMeEarlyFind

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

Joseph Addison

DieCountryServePityOurOnce

I believe that every person's failure is their fault, every single time.

Jon Taffer

FailureTimeBelievePersonFault

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