Monica Ali Quotes

I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to do as a writer, I suppose.

Monica Ali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TryingYouOutsideNeedAlwaysOut

There's a really unique relationship between a single parent and their child. Marriages so easily break up. There's kind of this temporary deal about marriages. That's one of the things that makes it stressful, and that's something that's nonexistent in a parent-child relationship.

Jeremy Sisto

RelationshipChildParentUniqueUp

I think all great actors - and I don't classify myself as one of them, incidentally - but I think all great actors listen well and I've learned that from a lot of the very good actors with whom I've worked - to really listen to what people say.

John Frankenheimer

GoodGreatMyselfPeopleThinkSay

I would like to uncover the secrets of the universe.

Megan Fox

UniverseSecretsWouldLikeUncover

I was the class innuendist.

Michael Feldman

Class

Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

Ami Ayalon

QuestioningMadeShouldYield

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

GoodChildhoodHappyParentsMe

The revolutions of my century, the 20th century - the Soviet revolution, or the Chinese, or the revolutions that were fomented in Latin America, such as in Cuba - failed for the most part, a failure which was completely clear by the end of the century.

Stephane Hessel

FailureRevolutionEndAmericaCuba

Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Sophia Loren

LifeMistakesDuesFullPartPays

Garth Fundis is a song guy. He is in it for the right reasons; he's about the music. He doesn't ever try to talk you into recording something that you shouldn't. He gets it.

Trisha Yearwood

MusicSongYouTryTalkRight

At school, if I was ever bored in class, I would draw maps of islands or detailed interior of boats or lists of provisions and equipment I would need when I went camping in the summer.

Michelle Magorian

SchoolSummerClassNeedInterior

Well, I love Pink Floyd, so I wouldn't be offended by it. I only intentionally robbed them three or four times.

Josh Silver

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It's very surreal. It seems like everywhere I go, people always talk about 'Indiana Jones,' and I realized over the years it has made a huge impact on their childhoods... I feel very fortunate to be a part of this.

Jonathan Ke Quan

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