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Mohsin Hamid Quotes

In a sense, by closing off the idea that young Muslims, and particularly young Muslim men, can be American heroes, it increases the chance that they'll try to be some other kind of hero. And that, I think, is entirely counterproductive.

Mohsin Hamid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Hero Men Chance Think American Kind

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

John Oliver

Politics America Become Narcissism

I definitely don't write with any kind of 'message' or 'lesson,' probably because when I was a child, I used to run a mile from books like that.

Michelle Paver

Child Lesson Kind Run Write Used

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

Ludovico Ariosto

Devil Old Grows He Hermit Turns

I just want to be in there at the end of the game to try to help the team win. The last six minutes of an NBA game is where you make your name, so hopefully I'm in there trying to help my guys win.

Jason Kidd

Team Win Game Name End Help

But I think technology advertising will have to stop addressing how products are made and concentrate more on what a product will do for the consumer.

Jay Chiat

Technology Advertising Think Stop

The moral of the story is not to listen to those who tell you not to play the violin but stick to the tambourine.

Jose Mourinho

Story You Play Moral Listen Violin

I made a vow that I wouldn't be tempted by what could happen to me if I went to Europe. I thought, 'You could be absorbed in it - it's so seductive, you might lose your own search for identity.' Then, when I did finally go to Europe, I was able to resist it because I had established my own identity.

Derek Walcott

Identity Me Thought Search You Lose

In the office, the mail that came in was always 10 to 1 for me.

Davy Jones

Me Office Mail Always Came

Frank Capra's grandson was a second Assistant Director on 'Christmas Vacation.'

Chevy Chase

Vacation Christmas Director Grandson

I do think there is a link between the accidental art the sciences produce and the deliberate art the artist creates, but I can't help feeling that the innocence of the accidental art of science has a power and curious beauty that artists are hard-pressed to match.

Cornelia Parker

Beauty Power Science Art Curious

If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.

Anne Bronte

Son Alone Path Walk World Learn

In South Africa, success never presented the problems that it presents in New York. In New York, if you happen to be the flavor of the month, a lot of nonsense comes with it into your life.

Athol Fugard

Life Success New York Problems You