Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba) Quotes

I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.

Farah Pahlavi

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• There may be an evolutionary advantage for schizophrenia genes during famine.

  

  Feng Zhang
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• I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

  

  Fantasia Barrino
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• I think Jesus was about bringing people together and connecting people in love, hanging out with the people who other people didn't want to hang out with. Spending time with the worst of the worst because He knew those are the people who needed Him most.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
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• In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.

  

  Aaron Klein
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• My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.

  

  Vince Vaughn
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• Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

  

  Irving Berlin
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• In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common good.

  

  Olympia Snowe
  • Good
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• I would love to experiment with roles. But when people say that we are not doing anything different, it is because directors do not approach us with diverse roles.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • People
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• Enter politics, and you enter the glass house; there are no secrets and no places to hide.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • House
  • Politics
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• By the time I left the bar, I was 30. I was a dishwasher. They call it a bar-back, but essentially, I washed dishes for a living. I had no high-school diploma, I had no agent, and my literary successes were non-existent... but it was the only thing I ever wanted to do, so I did feel trapped.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Time
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• I'm very much a fan of having something tactile you can hold.

  

  Washed Out
  • You
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• Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!

  

  P. T. Barnum
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• To try to create a character without a whole lot of information can be taxing. At the same time, it's fun to just stay on your toes and let the next bit of dialogue come in, and turn the page as you read the next script and see what they have in store for you next.

  

  Dallas Roberts
  • Time
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• You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
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• Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.

  

  Vidya Balan
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• Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.

  

  Barbara W. Tuchman

• 'It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.'

  

  T. B. Joshua
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• I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.

  

  C. S. Lewis

• Because subjects like literature and art history have no obvious material pay-off, they tend to attract those who look askance at capitalist notions of utility. The idea of doing something purely for the delight of it has always rattled the grey-bearded guardians of the state. Sheer pointlessness has always been a deeply subversive affair.

  

  Terry Eagleton
  • Art
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  • Obvious

• Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

  

  Zig Ziglar
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• In America, when you bring an idea to market, you usually have several months before competition pops up, allowing you to capture significant market share. In China, you can have hundreds of competitors within the first hours of going live. Ideas are not important in China - execution is.

  

  Ma Huateng
  • Up
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  • Live

• According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than Hillary Clinton got for hers. Well, duh. At least his book has some sex in it.

  

  Jay Leno
  • Money
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• If we don't plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don't have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don't have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Plant
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  • Right Things

• I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.

  

  Farah Pahlavi