Kumail Nanjiani Quotes

I've found that the common humanity of people is the most relatable thing, and even if your stories are very specific about a different place, if you have a relatable core of humanity, people will go along with it.

Kumail Nanjiani

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PeopleHumanityYouPlaceGoWill

My optimism for life carried through my work.

John Dyer

LifeWorkOptimismThroughCarried

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Meister Eckhart

LightDarknessSympathySorrowUs

Like a lovely orchid, or anything else that's nurtured, marriage prospers and grows, but if it's ignored, it withers.

Michael Douglas

MarriageLovelyAnythingGrowsLike

If we ever have free time, my partner and I are fond of going on walks through the local state forests and parks.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

TimeFreePartnerThroughGoing

That's really what science is just trying to figure stuff out, and I like figuring stuff out.

Steven Squyres

ScienceTryingOutJustLikeStuff

The word 'superficial' comes with such negative connotations, suggesting that whatever it is applied to has no value. But the emotional pull of beauty for its own sake cannot be underestimated.

Robin Givhan

BeautyValueNegativeEmotionalOwn

I write first drafts by hand. Never do I open an umbrella inside the house. I don't predict wins or losses. I used to stand on a certain piece of rug if my brothers and husband were watching football and their team got in trouble - but now the luck went out of that rug. If a circle is involved, I try to go clockwise.

Louise Erdrich

FootballTeamLuckHusbandStandGo

Integrity is something I strive for in every part of my life.

Lizzie Armitstead

LifeIntegrityMy LifeStrivePart

My publishers find me really challenging, as a lot of the time, I don't even know what I'm going to be writing about until I sit down to do it.

Lisa Jewell

TimeMeWritingFindDownKnow

Your inner knowing is your only true compass.

Joy Page

TrueCompassKnowingOnlyYour

A wartime Minister of Information is compelled, in the national interest, to such continuous acts of duplicity that even his natural hair must grow to resemble a wig.

Claud Cockburn

HairGrowInformationWigNatural

Luckily, my wife is amazing. She's one of the few people in my life I'm completely honest with. I've told her everything about my past. She knows me inside and out. There's no secrets at all.

Brendon Urie

LifeWifePastPeopleAmazingMe

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