Hisham Matar Quotes

I lost my father when I was 19, so the majority of my life has been under this cloud, and I have been full of the intention to find out what happened.

Hisham Matar

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LifeFatherMy LifeCloudIntention

You go see 'Timothy Green,' and tell me if it doesn't rock your world. I loved it. I loved every frame of it.

John C. McGinley

MeGreenWorldLovedYouRock

There's something frightening that comes with freedom. And there was something very frightening for a lot of slaves once they were free and were going through Reconstruction. It was like, what do you do now? There was nothing set up.

Sterling K. Brown

FreedomFreeYouNowNothingUp

I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.

Stefan Edberg

GoodMistakeHotNextJustMade

You don't like to be lied to, by your friends or in your business dealings. So why would you want to be lied to when it comes to the origin of life or the fate of the planet?

Steven Pinker

LifeBusinessFateFriendsYouWant

I played team sport as a kid and loved it. I played basketball and football throughout high school into college in the intramurals and I loved it. There was nothing like a team.

Tom Watson

FootballSchoolCollegeTeamLoved

I know certain actors who have done very well. They are still down to earth.

Tom Weston-Jones

DownEarthKnowDoneDown To Earth

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

Roger Ascham

MenManWisePeopleSpeakThink

If you're small and can speak clearly and you're a cute kid, that's the craft, really. The whole child actor thing can be dangerous sometimes. Other kids were taking piano lessons; I did ballet and acting.

Rose McIver

CuteChildSmallSpeakYouActing

Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn't know what the gender was of the tennis coach.

Martina Navratilova

GenderKnowTennisCoachBall

I'm obsessed with jackets.

Domenico Dolce

JacketsObsessed

People in Wynne told me I'd never win a game at Memphis and I'd never play in a bowl game. But I knew we'd turn it around.

DeAngelo Williams

PeopleMeWinGamePlayNever

I'd like to find someone to procreate with - as sexy as that sounds. If you're out and about and fit the description, come up and say hi. I won't bite. Well, maybe a little, if you're lucky.

Chloe Sevigny

SexySomeoneYouFindSayLucky

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