"My father was a civil servant, so having a regular job, being respectable is a big deal for me. Respectable in the sense that I support my family. That's what I mean by respectability."

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Source : "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

Hanif Kureishi

#Jobs Quotes #Father Quotes #Mean Quotes

“While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.”
“I've read horoscopes before and what they say. But I would actually love to not be what somebody writes down - I don't want to be described. I don't want you to be able to read something and say, "This is how Wayne is." I'd rather you meet me and decide. I'd rather be different, basically.”
“If you expect to have it all, you will have nothing. Learn to be happy with nothing - and you will have it all!”
“If you can't tie good knots, tie plenty of them”

Source : Gary Jobson (1980). “Gary Jobson's How to Sail”
“I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't like you!”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.”
“I'm in a no-win situation. If I have my kids in the show, I'm exploiting them. If I don't, people will think I'm not a hands-on mom.”

Source : "Denise Richards Sets the Record Straight" by Lori Berger, www.redbookmag.com. May 12, 2008.
“People try to read a lot into what 'digital' means. It's just another platform. There are very attractive things that happen if you invest in content - movies, TV production, acquired series, specialty genres, digital distribution of our magazines, sports rights.”

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