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They gave us the language but it is only we who know how to use it
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Everyone looks at you…and thinks: an Indian boy, how exotic, how interesting, what stories of aunties and elephants we'll hear now from him. And you're from Orpington.
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My name is Karim Amir, and I am an Englishman born and bred, almost.
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What a quality of innocence people have when they don't expect to be harmed.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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Hanif Kureishi
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Born:
December 5, 1954
(age 69)
Bio:
Hanif Kureishi is a British Pakistani playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker and novelist. In 2008, The Times included Kureishi in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Known for:
The Buddha of Suburbia (1990)
The Black Album (1995)
My Son the Fanatic (1994)
Intimacy (1998)
My Ear at His Heart (2004)
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