Mohsin Hamid Quotes

My earliest memories are of watching 'Star Trek' and 'MASH' while my parents barbecued chicken in the back yard. I was an American kid, through and through.

Mohsin Hamid

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MemoriesParentsAmericanBackKid

All I ever really work for is to be a really good engineer, a good producer, a good executive, good in the world of Beats. That's power to me.

Jimmy Iovine

WorkGoodPowerMeWorldProducer

Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.

John Wanamaker

SnowYouOwnMustCannotYour

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

John Salley

LifeHeartManMy LifeAttention

I'm the kind of person who likes to create the environment and mindset - not because I do it deliberately, but because that's how I like to live - where, from catering to makeup to hair to wardrobe, electricians, camera department lighting, sound, you know, it's our movie; we're together, and we have that camaraderie and that closeness.

Steven Rodney McQueen

LiveTogetherHairMakeupMindset

If you look at it, the history of comedy has always been strongest among the nations who have been persecuted the most.

Trevor Noah

HistoryComedyYouLookAlwaysBeen

Seeing your name on the list for KP or guard duty when you're in the Army is like reading a bad review.

Robert Duvall

ReadingNameArmyYouSeeingBad

Since most cyberwar is conducted covertly, governments avoid any public acknowledgment of their own abilities and shy away from engaging in any sort of 'cyber diplomacy.' Statecraft conducted in secret fails to create public norms for deterrence.

Jared Cohen

CreateCyberShySecretOwnNorms

My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries.

Diane Setterfield

MeCrimeExploringSameFictionLed

I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.

Douglas Coupland

VintageThinkWantSeeI SeeGet

I wouldn't argue that anyone living can play the trumpet better than Wynton Marsalis.

Christian Scott

BetterPlayLivingTrumpetArgue

When you say you're from Virginia, when you travel outside of this state and somebody asks where you're from, you say with pride, 'I am from Virginia. I'm very, very proud of it.' You're very, very proud of it. And why is it? It's because of our history, folks. It's because of our history.

Corey Stewart

HistoryTravelI AmProudPrideYou

What's crucial is to never get stuck. Making hard decisions is such an important part of being a startup in order to keep moving forward.

Payal Kadakia

Moving ForwardMovingForwardNever

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