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Monica Ali Quotes

You know how if you're born in a certain situation you always expect your life to run on a steady trajectory? I've never really had a sense of that. I assume that life is going to go up and down.

Monica Ali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life You Down Situation Born Run

I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

Jodelle Ferland

Character Me Play Want Who Like

I was told to avoid the business all together because of the rejection. People would say to me, 'Don't you want to have a normal job and a normal family?' I guess that would be good advice for some people, but I wanted to act.

Jennifer Aniston

Family Good Business Together Job

Water keepers patrol local waterways and prosecute polluters. Essentially, they act as the community's coast guard.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

Community Water Act Guard Coast

I found out I wanted to be a filmmaker almost by accident after graduating from college in 2005.

Matthew Heineman

College Out Filmmaker Almost Found

It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead.

Meryl Streep

Earth Ahead See Round Well Far

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

Steven Spielberg

Clouds Think Credit Too Much Head

I'm a great believer in the character of a club. To me, character has a lot to do with how you compete. That creates urgency and toughness. That elevates the talent that you have.

Tony La Russa

Character Great Talent Me You Club

I very much faced my mother's death with hard, arduous and time-consuming labor. The more I would do, the less I would feel.

Rufus Wainwright

Mother Death Feel Labor More Hard

I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

Mary Oliver

Life Prayer Think My Life Become

Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

Mira Nair

America You Outside Used Unusual

I will treat everyone equally and be a servant of the Egyptian people.

Mohammed Morsi

People Treat Will Everyone Servant

I was pretty anti-academic, and I wasn't much of a student. I had a really short attention span and did not get a lot out of high school academically. I think college was a little the same way.

Chris Crutcher

School College High School Think Way