Deeyah Khan Quotes

Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all.

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• I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Work
  • Old
  • Lucky

• I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great options for keeping it moisturized.

  

  Tasha Smith
  • Great
  • Hair
  • Oil

• I had to work with a psychiatrist.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Work
  • Had
  • Psychiatrist

• The true character of ministry is a servants heart.

  

  Harold Warner
  • Heart
  • Character
  • True

• Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

  

  Ted Engstrom
  • Time
  • Best
  • Effort

• There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • World
  • Sports

• Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Educational
  • Facilities

• The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.

  

  R. J. Cutler
  • Work
  • Kids
  • American

• I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.

  

  Jack Scalia
  • Remember
  • War
  • Fear

• The moment we finished shooting for 'Bruce Lee,' my wife Upasana reminded of a pending holiday.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Wife
  • Moment
  • Holiday

• To be a writer you have to be out in the world, you have to risk yourself in the world, you have to be immersed in the world, you have to go out looking for it. This becomes harder as you get older because there's less energy, the days are shorter for older people and it's not so easy to go out and immerse oneself in the world outside.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
  • People
  • World
  • Energy

• Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Life
  • Up
  • You

• That is the exciting thing: I don't know what God has given me for tomorrow.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • God
  • Me
  • Tomorrow

• Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is.

  

  Daniel Boone
  • Believe
  • Happy
  • Man

• Often, when you're on a movie set, you're miserable. It's cold. You're hungry. You're tired. It's still dark out. And yet, there's no place I'd rather be. It's the happiest I am, and the most calm.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Movie
  • Cold
  • Tired

• I would be content if I had nothing but a tape-recorder. I could still write songs and record them.

  

  Barry Gibb Bee Gees
  • Write
  • Nothing
  • Content

• A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves down, because it is sort of a boy's club. I'll go up in my heels. I like that people don't think I'll be funny. I'll take that on. I don't do standup comedy - I do standup and I do comedy, but I don't go up there and do jokes.

  

  Carly Craig
  • People
  • Up
  • Trying

• My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Mind
  • Friend
  • Positive

• Thankfully, God blessed me with some legs that move pretty good, and we also get to wear pads, so I should be alright.

  

  Colin Kaepernick
  • Good
  • God
  • Pretty

• My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.

  

  Brooke Shields
  • Father
  • Death
  • Pain

• I have a group of cafes and coffee shops that I go to regularly. They usually have an area where I can plug in my computer and have a corner seat where I can do a couple hours of writing or whatever, even the noise of the surrounding people walking by. Those things are the things that stimulate me into writing.

  

  Bong Joon-ho
  • People
  • Writing
  • Couple

• I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a Filipino mother and a father who was Scotch Irish-French; you know, white American hybrid. And I also have on my father's side a great-great-grandmother who was Chinese. So, I'm a hybrid.

  

  Jessica Hagedorn
  • Great
  • American
  • Mother

• The trend in entrepreneurship is up, but an entrepreneur's ability to hire is down.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Up
  • Ability
  • Down

• Self-expression should not be a challenge that demands extraordinary talent but should be a right accessible to all.

  

  Deeyah Khan
  • Challenge