Monica Ali Quotes

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

Monica Ali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: October 20, 1967

Topics

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When I was 14, I played in a summer league. One night the chief umpire asked me if I would like to try umpiring. There was a Little League tournament coming up and he needed more umpires than he had.

Jim Evans

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'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and artists like Tiravanija were in the nascent stages of combining Happenings, performance art, John Cage, Joseph Beuys, and the do-it-yourself ethos of punk. Meanwhile, a new art world was coming into being.

Jerry Saltz

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The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout - an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea Party ended up directing its ire at government rather than at big business and Wall Street.

Robert Reich

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Not everyone wants to see children's films, comics, and supermen.

John Hurt

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I want to be an integrated woman.

Tori Amos

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Unbeknownst to a lot of us, our children actually listen to just about everything we say and, even more so, watch everything we do. They notice the choices we make and the company we keep.

Tom Carper

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In my opinion, the only people who should have handguns are the police.

Johnny Van Zant

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I have a wardrobe full of scarves now, just about every color under the sun. My trick is that I always cut them in two, down the middle. They're lighter, thinner, skinnier that way. And because I'm cheap, I get two scarves for the price of one.

Colum McCann

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I'm not a money guy.

CM Punk

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There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about.

Antonio Tabucchi

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I know Irish-American people. I know what their homes look like. I know what they have for dinner. I know how they turn a phrase.

Alice McDermott

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What intrigues me is that you get a good bunch of musicians together, and interesting things will happen.

Peter Gabriel

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