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By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#around #bringing #challenges #change #community

I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and improving economically. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#country #economically #educated #educational #feel

I have very strong Canadian connections. My daughter was born there a year and half ago. But because of the nature of my job, I need to be in countries where I can get the stories that I am looking at. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#am #because #born #canadian #connections

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#caught #circumstances #difficult #difficult circumstances #films

The young boys I speak with say to me: Why would I want to live in this world - where they rely on charity, dry pieces of bread and water, where they are subjected to harsh treatment, when they can be free and be the envy of their colleagues in the afterlife. They are only too eager to sign on the dotted line and join the ranks of the Taliban. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#bread #charity #colleagues #dotted #dry

In New York, we had primary elections for mayor. To improve their chances, all five candidates changed their name to Rudy Giuliani. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#chances #changed #elections #five #had

I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#back #concerned #did #held #i

It really means a lot that I won the gold medal - but I woke up the next morning expecting to feel different. I felt the same. ↗

— Dan O'Brien

#expecting #feel #felt #gold #gold medal

I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard. ↗

— Ed O'Brien

#desire #hard #helped #i #i think

Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it. ↗

— Edna O'Brien

#comes #i #i am #i can #recollection