Sabaa Tahir I grew up in a small town in the Mojave Desert where conservative Republicans were as common as cacti. Inexplicably, I grew up liberal and a feminist. – Sabaa Tahir Cacti Quotes Common Quotes Conservative Quotes Desert Quotes Feminist Quotes Grew Quotes Inexplicably Quotes Liberal Quotes Mojave Quotes Republicans Quotes Town Quotes My mother and father were born and raised in Pakistan, where religion is entrenched in the culture and the culture is explicitly unyielding. Like so many other young South Asians in America, I am the product of two cultures whose conflicting values pull at me with equal urgency. Never have I felt as torn between the two as I do about the question of marriage.
Frank Deford You have to do what the market requires of you… You either keep swimming, or you sink. – Frank Deford
Alison Jackson I’m particularly interested in how you can’t rely on your own perception. – Alison Jackson
Mike Oldfield The biggest problems were to do with… well, to get that successful when you’re so young, it attracts hangers-on, parasites, people who want to feed off you. – Mike Oldfield
Louis Garrel I’m interested in existential films: I love movies that console you in the same way that a person consoles a weeping child. – Louis Garrel
Sarah Lacy When a PR person asks why is it a big deal that they got your name wrong or sent you a pitch on something you would never cover, it’s because when you get hundreds of those a day, it’s incredibly annoying. It’s basically like having telemarketers call you all day long for something you never want to buy. – Sarah Lacy
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