Hasan Minhaj Quotes

My dad's from that generation like a lot of immigrants where he feels like if you come to this country, you pay this thing like the American dream tax: like you're going to endure some racism, and if it doesn't cost you your life, well hey, you lucked out. Pay it; there you go, Uncle Sam. I was born here, so I actually had the audacity of equality.

Hasan Minhaj

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 23, 1985

Topics

LifeRacismAmerican DreamEquality

I had a second-degree-blue-belt test, and I broke two boards with my right foot, and the next day I walked into school, and no one ever picked on me again. I suddenly believed in myself and respected myself. I had some inkling of my power, so the bullying stopped instantly.

Jillian Michaels

PowerMyselfDayBullyingSchoolMe

I was living in a suburban town north of London, dutifully practicing my Mozart sonatas. And the milkman who delivered the milk in the mornings was kind of milkman by day, composer-artist by night.

Max Richter

DayNightKindLivingMilkLondon

Public opinion is a compound of folly, weakness, prejudice, wrong feeling, right feeling, obstinacy, and newspaper paragraphs.

Robert Peel

OpinionWeaknessFeelingWrongRight

Beer. It always seems like such a good idea at the time, doesn't it? What's worse is beer seems like an even better idea after you've had some beer.

Steven Hall

GoodTimeBeerBetterYouAlways

I'm a blunt person, not mean-spirited. I come from a place of love, but I'm interested in being real.

Tracy McMillan

LovePlacePersonRealBeing Real

I don't like religion.

Miriam Margolyes

ReligionLike

The diversity of Europe is its strength. But for a single currency to work, over a region with enormous economic and political diversity, is not easy.

Joseph Stiglitz

WorkStrengthDiversityPolitical

By the time I was in the fourth grade, I sounded exactly like my father on the phone.

Dick Cavett

FatherTimePhoneLikeGradeFourth

I learn from every movie I do because on every movie I have a different experience.

Brett Ratner

ExperienceLearnBecauseDifferent

It's a heavy weight, the camera. Now we have modern and lightweight, small plastic cameras, but in the '70s they were heavy metal.

Annie Leibovitz

SmallCameraNowHeavy MetalPlastic

Quality will save our company.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

QualityWillCompanySaveOur

I must confess that in my teens and twenties, I loved 'Mansfield Park' rather in spite of Fanny than because of her. Like Fanny's rich, sophisticated cousins, I didn't really get her.

Susanna Clarke

RichLovedCousinsParkHerGet

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