"I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level."

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Source : "Actor-writer Ayad Akhtar". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2012.

Ayad Akhtar

#Issues Quotes #Political Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“A fool does not see the same trees a wise man sees.”

Source : Rick Hilles (2006). “Brother Salvage”, p.38, University of Pittsburgh Press
“Whoever would fully and feelingly understand the words of Christ, must endeavor to conform his life wholly to the life of Christ.”
“Perpetual revolutions in technology can mean the devaluation of fixed capital on an extensive scale.”
“I believe that no matter what happens, or where we go, or if there's an afterlife, that we'll always be connected. Not even death can make me forget you, or forget that I love you.”

Source : Interview With Matthew Broderick, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 22, 2010.
“In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor.”
“A good reporter remains a skeptic all his life.”
“When the bombers are women - and children, which I predict we'll see more of - the terrorists get more bang for their buck, because there's more media attention.”
“If you can run six miles on a summer day, then you, my friend, are a lethal weapon in the animal kingdom.”

Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.228, Profile Books

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