Ayad Akhtar Quotes

I consider myself to have been formed by a lot of the locutions and aesthetics and principles of the Muslim way of life, and those are an important part of my childhood and my identity.

Ayad Akhtar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 28, 1970

Topics

LifeMyselfChildhoodIdentityWay

A lot of people think that I'm one of the women from 'Broad City' - and I'm just not.

Jenny Slate

WomenPeopleCityThinkJustBroad

I don't write songs in order to stick it to my exes. I don't release underground dis tracks.

John Mayer

WriteOrderReleaseStickSongs

Real life is messy, and drama is a shaped version of real life.

Simon Beaufoy

LifeDramaMessyRealReal Life

Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn't give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn't seem right.

Steven Wright

GoodMoneySomeoneHardRightJokes

I'm very lucky to be doing what I'm doing, and the reason I'm doing everything is because of fans.

Tony Oller

DoingLuckyReasonEverythingFans

I've had to accept that - that everyone cannot love me. Because when there's love, there's hate. When there's light, there's dark. But it was really hard to accept as an artist that there's a lot of people that hate me, but on the other side, there are many more people who love me. I think everyone goes through that.

RM

LoveLightHatePeopleMeThink

Most actions derive not from your own initiative but from your family circumstances, your education, your calling, and so on. You must therefore give up a little time to performing actions which derive from yourself alone. They need not be important; quite insignificant actions fulfill the same purpose.

Rudolf Steiner

FamilyEducationAloneTimeYourself

I'm a lousy dancer.

Michael Potts

DancerLousy

In sports and in business, the greatest leaders are those who make the best decisions in the most crucial of situations. They are the ones who focus their energy on turning tough decisions into winning decisions.

Don Yaeger

BusinessSportsBestFocusEnergy

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I've always gotten them to do what I need them to do.

Donald Trump

LifeMy LifeNeedAlwaysPoliticians

There is a lot going on in high schools, and I think what we portray is fairly accurate.

Chi McBride

ThinkHighGoingI ThinkAccurate

I think of Chicago as a great entrepreneur city, a city that supports its own, that isn't as jaded as New York and L.A.

Christie Hefner

GreatNew YorkCityThinkNewOwn

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