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Hum

• Kab
• Kahan
• Kisse
• Kiun
• Kese, aur
• Kitni der ke liye

milte hain - kuch bhi ittafaqiya nahi (nothing is accidental)

7 Orson Welles Quotes

I get introduced to Orson Welles after watching Farhan Akhtar's movie Lucknow Central (trailer here). It is one finest work of Farhan. I hope he does more movies. What a remarkable actor with a remarkable husky voice. In any case, there was a quote of Orson Welles in the movie which intrigued me so much that I start reading about his life and thoughts on the internet. Just posting his few quotes. First one is from the movie.

Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. 

If there hadn't been women we'd still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends. 

I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible. 

I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it. 

I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. 

Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.

On Tasneef-o-ta'leef (Writing & Editing)

When I was in pre-medical college, I developed an intense love of Urdu literature which persist till today (I still ask myself why I didn't do Masters in Urdu literature when I had time and was in heart of Karachi). One day I asked my Urdu teacher: "Sir main likhna Chahta hun" (Sir I want to write).

He replied with enormous love: "Zaroor likho! aaj se likho - magar ye jaan lo ke likhne se ziyada ye janna zaroori hai ke kiya nahi likhna - tasneef achhi cheez hai - magar taleef ka hunr us se bhi ziyada zaroori hai - Jese zindagi main ye janna itna zarooori nahi ke kiya kerna chahiye - bulke ye janna bohat zaroori hai - ke kiya nahi kerna chahiye". 

(Please write. Start writing today. But please understand that it is more important to know what not to write instead of what to write. Writing is a good thing but the art of editing is way more important. Alike in life, it is more important to know, what not to do than what to do".

It was such an important lesson I carry with me till today.

The psychology of Sleeves

I have a physician who is working in our ER for almost 20 years. Every time I see him, he is agile like a tiger. Since I am here I always see his sleeves folded. Sometimes it looks odd with a good dress shirt and an attractive tie.

One day I asked him about his habit of folded sleeves. He laughed and said: "As soon as I enter the ER, I fold my sleeves. This tells my brain: Let's start!"* - and I stay jovial, active and most importantly humorous - an essential skill in this massive stressful environment".

In last 2 weeks I tried his trick - and indeed I loved it!


* As we say in Urdu/Hindi: "Chal guru, ho ja shuru"