Ayaan Hirsi Ali Quotes
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
Damian Lewis -
I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
Ian Mckellen -
In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
Jack Keane -
More than anything for me, making music is about taking nothing and making something.
K. Flay -
I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
Kanye West
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
J. K. Simmons -
Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
Ban Ki-moon -
Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
Daniel Craig -
Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
Salman Rushdie -
Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
Carlton Cuse -
We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.
Viktor Orban
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
Yuna -
I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
Zach LaVine -
My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
Sally Pearson -
As I read more and more fairy tales as an adult, I found massive collusion between their 'subjects' and those in my fiction: childhood, nature, sexuality, transformation. I realized that it wasn't by accident that I was drawn to their narrative structure and motifs.
Kate Bernheimer -
The primary one being, like I said, I don't like rock 'n' roll piano.
Warren Zevon -
The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
Bashar al-Assad
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As a writer, it's important to stay true to your story without giving a hoot about publishers, critics and readers. You should do your karma as an author the way you want to, and rest is up to God.
Amish Tripathi -
I don't have much interest in gingerbread houses - except in eating them.
Chris Messina -
The travel impulse is mental and physical curiosity. It's a passion. And I can't understand people who don't want to travel.
Paul Theroux -
I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others.
Nikki Gil -
Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.
Karel Capek -
Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali