Isaiah Mustafa (Isaiah Amir Mustafa) Quotes
I hope that my daughter grows up empowered and doesn't define herself by the way she looks but by qualities that make her a intelligent, strong and responsible woman.
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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The money factor had been kind of my excuse as to why I hadn't put out any music. So I just found the cheapest way to make music and get it to people, and that was via the Internet.
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The best thing to do when you're writing is to write about something you know instead of pretending. I mean, you can do that too, obviously, but when you write from your heart, it works so much better.
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You can't play having a mental disability. You have to play whatever that person's truth is without any judgement.
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I thought, If I'm so afraid of a bikini, there's something wrong. And so I had to get back into one!
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When there are thoughts, it is distraction: when there are no thoughts, it is meditation.
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During events like the World Cup and the Olympics, I tend to get really wrapped up in my own experience to stay focused, but it's like a bubble. I don't see much outside my own perspective.
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What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.
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A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.
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I cannot believe that in all the years that there have been female stand-ups, there has never been a show just for them.
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My mom used to call me 'Oprah' because I was always in a corner crying with somebody. I've always been attracted to storytelling around women's lives.
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I am scared every day.
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If you cut a painter's hands off, he'd still feel the urge to pick up a brush.
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It is important to understand what your team can do.
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I've known elephants with broken hearts, others with depression.
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I love animation, I really do, but I don't do it for the children.
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The price you pay for being powerful and being rich is to be hated.
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Passing over the other arts in silence, I shall speak briefly of that which concerns the health of mankind; indeed, of all the arts the genius of man has discovered it is by far the most beneficial and of prime necessity, although difficult and laborious.
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The Pentagon today will not allow any of these people who work for the Pentagon, to talk to the media. They have gagged them from talking to members of Congress.
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I shall not let a sorrow die Until I find the heart of it, Nor let a wordless joy go by Until it talks to me a bit.
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I hope that my daughter grows up empowered and doesn't define herself by the way she looks but by qualities that make her a intelligent, strong and responsible woman.
