Mahmoud Darwish Quotes
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to be alone at times, and to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.
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When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women's Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women's rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.
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Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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George W. Bush always said and did what he believed and he let it rip.
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You'd think skiing wouldn't be strenuous - all you have to do, after all, is start at the top and let gravity pull you to the dessert bar in the lodge. But at those elevations, you'll find about as much oxygen as you'll find kindness from your children. It's like spending six hours holding your breath.
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I could have taken the easy life and just done classical, but I felt very strongly about the album, my first pop album, the first time that I'd fused so many influences. I was very proud when it was in the charts in 25 countries at once.
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It's no surprise that I ended up in sportscasting. I lived this world with my father, Mike Storen. Dad was a sports executive for most of my childhood.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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When the Americans were trying to conquer the Navajos, they felt this need to capture Canyon de Chelly like it was the Navajo capital. It was a meeting place and a sanctuary of last refuge. To control Canyon de Chelly was to control the Navajo people.
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If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have.
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One of the things I realised as I learned to manage a rehearsal room is that the best idea always has to win, and it doesn't matter where the idea comes from.
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I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.
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I've had a lot of fun watching my husband's wonderful career as a filmmaker unfold and all the interesting places we've been and people we've met. It's just been a really enjoyable ride.
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When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
