"As a writer, my homeland is the desk where I work."

-- Nadeem Aslam

#Desks Quotes #Homeland Quotes

“There are a lot of girls Ive found attractive, but we could never date. If a girl can make me laugh, thats really attractive to me. I have a soft spot for southern girls who are sweet, like Taylor Swift!”
“Did a man really walk on the moon? I saw plenty of documentaries on it, and I really wondered.”

Source : "Marion Cotillard's 9/11 conspiracy theory". Interview with Peter Allen, www.telegraph.co.uk. March 1, 2008.
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
“Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government, that neither shall assume the exercise of powers entrusted by the Constitution to the other.”
“To learn to live from the heart it doesn't just change our feeling about life, it actually changes our life.”
“A similar move is underway in the British Parliament. Earlier this month, more than 30 religious leaders and scholars wrote Secretary of State John Kerry asking for a meeting to discuss what's happening to Christians and other minorities. Nina Shea organized the effort.”
“I'm suddenly worried people will think that I believe their religion can be summed up on four sex-obsessed sentences.”
“The computer beeped as the upload completed. A moment later, Ian Kabra appeared on the screen. Dan was surprised. "Hey, Ian, isn't it, like, two in the morning back there?" "It's called jet lag," Ian informed him. "I'm still on London time. I don't suppose you savages have any tea in this mausoleum." "There's a diet Snapple in the fridge." Ian shuddered. "I thought not.”

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