Maysoon Zayid Quotes
The people that I grew up with had no problem with my faith. They did, however, seem very concerned that I would starve to death during Ramadan. I would explain to them that I have enough fat to live off of for three whole months, so fasting from sunrise to sunset is a piece of cake.Maysoon Zayid
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
Kanye West -
We have lost the idea that something can be secret because it is valuable, not because it's shameful. If you share everything with everybody, what have you got for yourself? I tweet and I blog, but I save a lot for myself. Not because I am ashamed.
Patrick Ness -
'Envy' was a bit of a challenge for me. It was smooth.
Fat Joe -
I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.
Damian Lewis -
I'm an actress, not a pinup.
Francesca Annis -
In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
B. Carroll Reece
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
Foster Friess -
As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
Ted Cruz -
Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
J. August Richards -
We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
Zach Galifianakis -
How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
Karen Gillan -
Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.'
Haile Selassie
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
Oliver Reed -
Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
Dan Gertler -
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
Madeleine Albright -
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson -
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
Yannick Noah -
Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
Banks
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The Second Green Revolution, as the world's population grows to over 9 billion by 2050, is the new revolution we have to have to lift food production by another 75 percent.
Anthony Pratt -
Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less tolerance for in South Africa. We've come such a long way in terms of race relations and the economy as well as people's willingness to move on. There are still a lot of things that are frustrating about being in South Africa.
Kandyse McClure -
I believe in helping people who are down.
Danny Gokey -
What I think makes people nerds is just being obsessive. I think that's what nerdiness really is - its people who don't just passively like something, they get passionate about whatever they like.
Brian Posehn -
We know that the way to decrease unplanned pregnancies and abortions is to make birth control and family planning services accessible and affordable, not micromanage the type of medical information and reproductive health counseling that women around the world receive.
Jeanne Shaheen -
The people that I grew up with had no problem with my faith. They did, however, seem very concerned that I would starve to death during Ramadan. I would explain to them that I have enough fat to live off of for three whole months, so fasting from sunrise to sunset is a piece of cake.
Maysoon Zayid