Mohsin Hamid Quotes

Stories helped me unite parts of my existence that might otherwise have seemed irrevocably split by geography and time. And stories helped me find a future in which I, such a mongrel, could be comfortable.

Mohsin Hamid

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FutureTimeMeFindGeographyUnite

The queen, I say, is the mother bee; it is undoubtedly complimenting her to call her a queen and invest her with regal authority, yet she is a superb creature and looks every inch a queen.

John Burroughs

MotherQueenBeeLooksAuthority

The divine law indeed has excluded women from this ministry, but they endeavour to thrust themselves into it; and since they can effect nothing of themselves, they do all through the agency of others.

John Chrysostom

WomenLawNothingOthersDivine

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

Andie MacDowell

StarsResponsibilityPeopleYouKnow

In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their savings. The movie was fiction, but the problem is real.

Michael Douglas

ProblemWallProfitInnocentPlay

You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process.

Tony Greig

ProcessYouPersonUnderstandHand

People behave differently to TV stars and film stars; it's to do with the scale of the medium. Film stars get hushed awe, TV stars get slapped on the back. Neither is good for you. Famous people don't hear the word 'no' enough.

Tom Hollander

GoodStarsPeopleFamousEnoughYou

If most writers are honest with themselves, this is the difference they want to make: before, they were not noticed; now they are.

Tom Wolfe

NowWantDifferenceHonestNoticed

I'm no genius, but I'm real smart in one area - I picked the right mate.

Rob Lowe

SmartGeniusRightRealMateArea

Susan Burton's life story - filled with trauma, struggle, and true heroism - is precisely the kind of story that has the potential to change the way we view our world.

Michelle Alexander

LifeChangeStruggleWorldStory

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Joseph Addison

GreatGenerationGeniusDownMankind

I've got funny things. David Duchovny had to have a cast made of his face to do an old person's make-up, and I've got that cast of his face in my house. I've got something from the pilot, the original implant that was in Billy Miles' head. I've got a sign from 'The Erlenmeyer Flask.' But my house isn't a museum to 'The X-Files!'

Chris Carter

FunnyFaceHouseMuseumPersonHead

I don't think that Michael Jackson died. He's probably dead now, but I don't think he died when they said he did. I think he wanted out of the game anyway, so he just disappeared.

Chrissie Hynde

GameThinkSaidNowDeadOut

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