Aasif Mandvi Quotes

'Halal in the Family' will expose a broad audience to some of the realities of being Muslim in America. By using satire, we will encourage people to reconsider their assumptions about Muslims, while providing a balm to those experiencing anti-Muslim bias. I also hope those Uncles and Aunties out there will crack a smile!

Aasif Mandvi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: March 5, 1966

Topics

FamilySmileHopePeopleAmerica

Think of an abstract painting as very, very low relief - a thing, not a picture.

Jerry Saltz

PaintingThinkPictureAbstractLow

The world wants India to remain an import-based economy. Then India can be a dumping ground where gold can be dumped and other commodities such as oil and gas. They look at India as a huge market.

Anil Agarwal

GoldWorldLookIndiaOilEconomy

When you pick up a guitar, you don't put down your First Amendment rights.

Tom Morello

GuitarYouDownFirst AmendmentUp

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Ronald Reagan

WordsGovernmentLanguageHelpHere

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

Michael Mandelbaum

WorldStrongLearnAmericaWill

I believe that my children, who are young, will look back on the early years of the 21st century in rather the same way I look back on the middle of the 20th: as a time when seemingly respectable people supported discrimination against Americans simply because those Americans were different from themselves.

Jon Meacham

ChildrenTimePeopleBelieveLook

The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.

Davy Jones

RacingGoNeverMafiaGoingGo Away

I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.

Debbie Gibson

LifeNew YorkPeopleMeMy LifeNew

My mother features quite heavily in a lot of my songs.

Colin Hay

MotherSongsQuiteLotFeatures

I'm not invited to the Vanity Fair dinner where they watch the Oscars - or even the Oscars themselves - so I sit at home and watch it with a bunch of close friends.

Brett Ratner

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Sometimes in life, you're not always given a second chance, but if you do, take advantage of it, and go out with a bang!

Aquaria

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To share a story is in part to take ownership of it, especially because you are often able to comment on a story that you are sharing on social media.

Annalee Newitz

Social MediaStoryMediaOwnership

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