Aasif Mandvi Quotes - Page 3

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• It is ironic that it doesn't matter how successful I am in any other capacity. Ultimately, my parents marker is do you have a wife? And do you have children?

  Aasif Mandvi

  Children, Successful, Wife

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• In some ways for many years I was off the hook.When my niece was born after that their attention was focused on that and she did that. You know, that was in our family that's what she did. I went off and chased this dream and this career that very other few people in our, you know, in my family, but even culturally were doing.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Dream, Niece, Years

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• For my parents it was all about getting a deal, my dad came to America and he heard of this concept of brunch. He didn't quite know what it was. And he thought it was this other meal that existed between breakfast and lunch. He was kind of like - I remember he sort of was like America has so much food that between breakfast and lunch they have to stop and eat again. They have brunch. It was completely legal it was, like, a legal meal that you could have. I mean, clearly it wasn't the only reason he came to America, but I think it certainly sweetened the pot for him.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Dad, Mean, Thinking

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• I said we are Ghodratis and there's nothing that Ghodratis like more than a bargain.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Said, Bargains

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• I was a fan of "The Daily Show" I watched it,I never imagined being on it, but I figured I would just go down there and do my best Stephen Colbert impression.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Fans, Impression, Shows

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Because to Americans, Chechnya might as well be a suburb of Narnia.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Might, Narnia, Chechnya

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• I mean, but obviously, in people's eyes, it still - it can still link Islam to terrorism. I mean, why does it make a difference that they're white?

  Aasif Mandvi

  Mean, Eye, White

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• I thought [when I was 16] my days were just going to be spent hanging out on a beach and my girlfriend was going to be Miss Teen USA and my best friend will be a dolphin.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Beach, Girlfriend, Usa

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• When my family decided to leave England I could not have been happier. I was sort of like - America seemed like the land of opportunity and, you know, it was Hollywood to me.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Opportunity, Land, America

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• I grew up on American pop culture so everything that I fantasized about to get out of this sort of humdrum world of Bradford was about America. So when we decided to move there I was on the plane.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Moving, America, Culture

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• For anybody who's ever been on the other end of, like, racial violence logic is not something that can be used.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Violence, Logic, Used

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Kind, Used, Beats

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Statistically there is enough voter fraud to sway zero elections.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Zero, Voter Fraud, Voters

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• Re-colonizing it and sort of reverse-colonizing it to the point that today the national dish of Great Britain is Chicken Tikka Masala.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Today, Chickens, Dishes

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Today, England, Pubs

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• If people invited Muslims into their home every week by way of a TV show would go a long way to making people feel comfortable with Muslims and countering misconceptions about who we are. Plus, of course, that will make it easier for us to impose sharia law across America.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Home, Long, People

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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