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Quotes by Pakistani Authors

"Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity."
"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation."
"My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled."
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Jahangir Khan
"My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled."
"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man."
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man."
"I am proud of my work for my country."
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
"I am proud of my work for my country."
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians."
"When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it."
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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it."
"Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing."
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
"Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing."
"I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition."
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Imran Khan
"I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition."
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"The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten."
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Jahangir Khan
"The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten."
"Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love that time for me has fled on too swift a wing."
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Aga Khan III
"Every day has been so short, every hour so fleeting, every minute so filled with the life I love that time for me has fled on too swift a wing."
"It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"It is the lot of man to share in the deeper aspirations of the universe around him and to share his own destiny as well as that of the universe, now by adjusting himself to its forces, now by putting the whole of his energy to his own ends and purposes."
"Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem."
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Imran Khan
"Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem."
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"You can't go on winning all the time."
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Jahangir Khan
"You can't go on winning all the time."
"Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top."
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Jahangir Khan
"Squash was my livelihood and as in business, I had to stay on top."
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"The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges."
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Benazir Bhutto
"The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges."
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you."
"It wasn't my plan to create such a record. All I did was put in the effort to win every match I played and it went on for weeks, months and years until my defeat to Ross Norman in Toulouse in 1986."
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Jahangir Khan
"It wasn't my plan to create such a record. All I did was put in the effort to win every match I played and it went on for weeks, months and years until my defeat to Ross Norman in Toulouse in 1986."
"Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful."
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Jahangir Khan
"Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working towards this and will keep trying even if our bid is not successful."
"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."
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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"I have a daughter, she's twenty years old."
"Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Become dust - and they will throw thee in the air; Become stone - and they will throw thee on glass."
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"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."
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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"In his day, the audience was well aware of the music, of the classical beat."
"General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me."
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Benazir Bhutto
"General Musharraf needs my participation to give credibility to the electoral process, as well as to respect the fundamental right of all those who wish to vote for me."
"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"It is the nature of the self to manifest itself, In every atom slumbers the might of the self."
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"On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time."
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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"On the fortieth day after his death, we held the ceremony, and I performed for the very first time."
"I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan."
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Benazir Bhutto
"I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan."
"The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack."
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Benazir Bhutto
"The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a matter of time before the Americans responded by going for what they suspected were the causes of the attack."
"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
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Nusrat F. A. Khan
"He didn't want me to become a musician, he wanted me to be a doctor, because he said singing was too hard."
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Indeed, in view of its function, religion stands in greater need of a rational foundation of its ultimate principles than even the dogmas of science."
"Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders."
"What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations."
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Imran Khan
"What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations."
"Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return."
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Benazir Bhutto
"Given the right to a free ballot, the people would support my return."
"People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying."
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
"People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying."
"So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win."
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Imran Khan
"So for us any gain we had in election, one vote that we got, was a win."
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"I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections."
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Benazir Bhutto
"I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections."
"Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Ends and purposes, whether they exist as conscious or subconscious tendencies, form the wrap and woof of our conscious experience."
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"The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work."
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Agha Hasan Abedi
"The conventional definition of management is getting work done through people, but real management is developing people through work."
"The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have equally participated in it."
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Abdus Salam
"The creation of Physics is the shared heritage of all mankind. East and West, North and South have equally participated in it."
"When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry."
"I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"I have never considered myself a poet. I have no interest in poetic artistry."
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"All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything."
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Ahmed Ali
"All people hope Islam helps everything in life. Islam will make jobs. Islam will make freedom. Islam will make everything."
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"Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked."
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Abdus Salam
"Soon I knew the craft of experimental physics was beyond me - it was the sublime quality of patience - patience in accumulating data, patience with recalcitrant equipment - which I sadly lacked."
"God is not a dead equation!"
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Muhammad Iqbal
"God is not a dead equation!"
God,
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"People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready."
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Imran Khan
"People didn't wasn't the People's party to come in to power again, so they saw NS a viable alternative not us, because everyone knew we were not ready."
"Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Vision without power does bring moral elevation but cannot give a lasting culture."
"The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress."
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Benazir Bhutto
"The government I led gave ordinary people peace, security, dignity, and opportunity to progress."
"Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation."
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Iskander Mirza
"Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation."
"Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy."
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Muhammad Iqbal
"Art: If the object of poetry is, to make men, then poetry is the heir of prophecy."
"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah
"Our object should be peace within, and peace without. We want to live peacefully and maintain cordial friendly relations with our immediate neighbours and with the world at large."
"In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life."
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Imran Khan
"In fact the experience at Oxford has really helped me later in life."
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