Mohsin Hamid Quotes

America's strength has made it a sort of Gulliver in world affairs: By wiggling its toes it can, often inadvertently, break the arm of a Lilliputian.

Mohsin Hamid

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StrengthWorldAmericaBreakToes

I used to play rugby, polo, tennis, and cricket in school. It was only in the 1990s, when I used to live just opposite Harrods in London, that I started putting on weight. I used to have my breakfast there every day.

Adnan Sami

LiveDaySchoolBreakfastCricket

It's true that time is against me, and I am closer to hanging up my boots, but one thing I have clear is that I will be involved in football. I don't know how, but I will be related to football. It's my life.

Andres Iniesta

LifeTimeFootballI AmMeMy Life

The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.

Mayim Bialik

CommunicationYouAchieveProfound

We've been swimming at nude beaches and I love to go skinny dipping, but I'm sorry, sitting on top of a mountain, that's just, you're trying to show off or something. That's ridiculous.

Andy Richter

LoveMountainSwimmingSorryYouGo

As a survivor of the 20th-century Race Wars, my back remains unbent, and I move forward for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all who were created equal in God's eyes.

Alveda King

LifeHappinessGodEyesForward

I think, in any debate, you have to respect the other person's point of view, if you agree or disagree.

Michael Pena

RespectThinkViewYouPoint Of View

Maybe Asians are switching from studying to sports.

Mirai Nagasu

SportsStudyingAsiansMaybe

I think body-image issues are not just a dancer thing. I think we're much more in tune and aware because the body is our instrument and art, and we stare at ourselves in a mirror all day, but I feel like it's something that every woman experiences and every girl experiences.

Misty Copeland

GirlMirrorArtDayWomanThink

I work so hard for what I do. To achieve what I have has taken me half of my life to be able to achieve what I have achieved. And for people to think I have taken a shortcut, it's not right, and it's not fair.

Mo Farah

LifeWorkPeopleMeThinkMy Life

If I do a scene with an actor who doesn't have much experience, I say, 'I tell you what we're going to do: You just listen to me, and then you respond. We don't have to do any acting.' And that's good advice because you shouldn't see the acting.

Jon Voight

GoodExperienceMeAdviceActing

When you want a raise, you're not only going in saying: 'I want more money.' You're going in and saying: 'Here's what I want out of my career. Here's what I accomplished. Here's what I said I was going to do. Here's what I've done. Not only do I deserve more money, but I want to get to here on my career.'

Brian Krzanich

MoneySayingYouCareerSaidDone

I don't believe for a minute that women really want to be understood by men.

Allison Pearson

WomenMenBelieveWantUnderstood

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