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Khaled Hosseini Quotes

I have a particular disdain for Islamic extremism, and of course, in both 'The Kite Runner' and 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' that's obvious.

Khaled Hosseini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: afghani
Birth: March 4, 1965

Topics

Kite Obvious Extremism Course Both

Growing up, my brother and I were begging for attention.

Brother Growing Up Attention Growing

I'm a sucker for giving people money on the street. I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing, but I can't help myself.

Jennifer Morrison

Good Myself Money People Help Bad

Having a day job again I found really kind of fueled my fiction, because it became almost this forbidden thing where I had to sneak off and do it in private.

Jennifer Weiner

Day Job Kind Fiction Where Off

When I think back, the neighbors were always sayin', 'Oh, that poor Julie, that poor orphan.' I loved it. The Italians would invite me in for dinner - it was an Italian neighborhood mostly. Oh, I loved it.

Me Dinner Think Loved Back Poor

If you love a character that gets killed, it's agony.

Love Character You Agony Gets

I think people expect me to dress a bit like Veronica from 'Shameless,' in vest tops and denim skirts.

Dress People Me Think Expect Skirts

I spent 12 years traveling more than six months a year. I really needed to see the world.

World Year More Years See Traveling

Prior to inventing the Geyser Tube toy, dropping a stack of Mentos into a bottle of soda was not always an easy task. The Geyser Tube makes it easy to get a perfect launch every time at heights of 30 feet or more. Tell me... who doesn't like to see soda shooting 30 feet into the air, all in the name of science?

Science Time Me Feet Name Perfect

I don't like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, I'm pleased with Pete's success but I don't like what they've done to it.

Success Music Done Broadway Like

I'm always amazed how many politicians have a very unlikely story, and when I talk to groups of students, I remind them that not everybody who gets into politics is a lawyer or went to school to study it. We all come to it for different reasons.

Chellie Pingree

Politics School Lawyer Story Talk

The act of willing this or that, of choosing among various courses of conduct, is central in the realm of ethics.

Ethics Act Willing Conduct Choosing

When I step out onto the ice to compete 'Romeo and Juliet,' I don't feel like a fighter. I feel very nervous, and it's very difficult for me to get into the mindset for it.

Step Me Mindset Feel Ice Nervous

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