Mohsin Hamid Quotes

Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.

Mohsin Hamid

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LifeSoupChancePowerfulDownGo

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.

John Barth

HistoryTimeNewChapterExciting

One of my greatest fears is not being able to change, to be caught in a never-ending cycle of sameness. Growth is so important.

Matt Dillon

ChangeGrowthImportantGreatest

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for his creatures.

John Woolman

GoodSonGreatManWiseGood Man

The time will come, without my seeking it, that my words will almost serve as law. If I ask a certain thing, it will be done. If I don't want something, it will not be done.

Sun Myung Moon

TimeWordsLawDoneWantWill

I've learned what looks too sexy or too tomboy or too cool for me! I know what suits me now.

Liu Wen

MeCoolSexySuitsLooksKnow

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.

Joseph Brodsky

HistoryLieFirstRealConsciousness

High jump is such a mental thing. It's you against the bar. It's something that a lot of people struggle with, and people experience slumps and plateaus because of it.

Derek Drouin

ExperienceStrugglePeopleYouJump

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

BusinessEyesManWrongFraudRight

I had a very realistic expectation of the level of success that it was possible to attain writing romance novels.

Sylvia Day

SuccessWritingExpectationPossible

I have a good support system of friends and family.

Penny Marshall

FamilyGoodSupportFriendsSystem

When I write about my childhood I think, oh my God, how did I ever get from there to here? Not that any great thing has happened to me. But I felt so tiny, so lost.

Paul Theroux

GodGreatChildhoodMeThinkLost

Being in Jamaica, I feel comfortable there.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

FeelComfortableBeingJamaica

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