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Mohsin Hamid Quotes

Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: pakistani
Birth: July 23, 1971

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Shadow Growing Up Growing Up Lived

I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.

Alone Time Writing Reading Shy Room

I had hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax penalties.

Tax Dollars Had Penalties Thousands

My goal when I first started in the WWE was to stand out.

Stand Goal First Out Started WWE

'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going.

Green Tough Experiment Going Get

I don't watch too much TV when it comes to sports or news or things like that.

Colin Kaepernick

Sports Too Much News Things Watch

Reading can be just feeding, but smart reading takes us further. The classroom is one way to go deeper, but we can't stay in school forever.

Bobbie Ann Mason

School Smart Reading Go Way Feeding

I have a strong sense of injustice and not admitting things just because that is the way someone says it should be. I need to understand. I need to agree.

Strong Someone Injustice Just Because

I think the best comedy comes from stuff that's based in reality.

Best Think Reality Comedy Stuff

I was never sent to Kashmir on any secret mission. I want to make that position clear.

Mission Want Never Secret Position

Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties.

Lincoln Steffens

Good Politics Man People Evil You

I know an elderly society matron in Singapore who would rather walk in the scorching sun for blocks on end rather than have her chauffeur drive into the Central Business District at peak hour and pay the $1.50 surcharge.

Business Walk Sun Society Drive End

What the not-so-good moments gave me at Real Madrid, I think they helped me grow.

James Rodriguez

Me Think Grow Moments Real Madrid

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