Rumaan Alam Quotes

Before the arrival of my first son, I gave up on the moribund business of magazine publishing, where I had long dreamed of a career, and went to work in advertising. That I could be paid great money to write was incredibly hard to believe.

Rumaan Alam

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At work people are expected to be at the beck and call of employers all the time. You have blackberries and other things, and they just don't leave you alone. People have less time just to drop into an art gallery.

Jeremy Paxman

WorkAloneTimeArtPeopleYou

There are many things about my life that I wish had been different and that I still find difficult to live down.

Andre Aciman

LifeLiveMy LifeWishFindDown

The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a very small percentage.

Amitabh Bachchan

PeopleSmallCinemaGroupMoreWho

Most women don't like good men. They say they want a good buy, but most women always wind up with the bad boy.

Stephanie Mills

GoodWomenMenWindBadBad Boy

All I ever know is what I want to do next.

Julia Holter

KnowWantNextEver

Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam Hussein would almost certainly still be in control of Kuwait.

Dick Cheney

TodayPowerDecisionControlAlmost

I wanted this album to sound like a big crocheted blanket - to be warm yet to have a lot of space.

Deana Carter

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Making music has always made me happy. When I go through a situation, the best way for me to get over it is to bundle up all of my emotions about it, put it in a little shell, create something, and then let it go.

Clairo

MusicBestHappyMeCreateEmotions

Movie brawls tend to be bloodless and quick.

Chuck Palahniuk

QuickMovieTendBloodless

Unfortunately, when we had a No. 1 draft pick, there wasn't an Andrew Luck out there. A lot of that's pure luck.

Bob McNair

LuckOutPureDraftPickHad

I was raised as a real worker: you know, you get out and get a real job.

Thomas Gibson

JobYouKnowRealOutI Was Raised

I think you can become a 'Star Wars' fan at any point in time in your life.

Tiya Sircar

LifeTimeThinkYouBecomeStar

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