Ayad Akhtar Quotes

I feel like one of the things that is central to American life is the religious experience, and I think that the experience of being Muslim in America is as valid and as important a perspective on the religious experience of America as evangelical Christianity or Judaism - whatever it may be.

Ayad Akhtar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I think people are getting bored of parties, and hosts are terrified nobody's going to show up. So they have to start entertaining them before the party even starts.

Jerry Della Femina

PeopleStartThinkPartyNobodyUp

If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind.

Jerry Only

FutureThinkYouWantAheadHang

Since I was 16, I've felt a black cloud hangs over me.

Amy Winehouse

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When I was a lieutenant in Special Forces many many years ago, I thought I was getting fat. And I started running, and I started running distance, which I enjoyed.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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I love to make soups. My father used to say, 'There's nothing like a nice bowl of soup.' One of my favorites is... ready? Broccolini, white bean and hot Italian sausage soup. I've used escarole. Escarole in beans is unbelievable, or you can use bok choy, any kind. You can really fool around. That's one of my good ones.

Tony Danza

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The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat.

Tom Kite

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My first media interview was when I was a high school freshman and I was set to compete at state champs. The interview was the first occasion people had heard me on TV. When I watched back the recording on TV, I thought, 'Wow, is that what I sound like?' I didn't like the sound of my voice.

Michelle Carter

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I knew where people were sleeping in the hallways, you know, instead of doing their job. I knew what systems weren't working.

Judy Sheindlin

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The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy.

Juan Williams

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To even be considered for an MVP award is fairly awesome for me.

Jose Altuve

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Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children smiling as they run down the railway track.

Dinah Sheridan

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When you have your own identity as a singer, you don't have competition.

Armaan Malik

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