Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba) Quotes
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There may be an evolutionary advantage for schizophrenia genes during famine.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.
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In a politically diverse nation, only by finding that common ground can we achieve results for the common 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.
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Enter politics, and you enter the glass house; there are no secrets and no places to hide.
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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.
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I'm very much a fan of having something tactile you can hold.
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Without promotion, something terrible happens... nothing!
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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.
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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.
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Women need to learn to value themselves. But that has to be inculcated in men as much as women.
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Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.
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'It is praiseworthy when you give not only to your power but beyond your power.'
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I became my own only when I gave myself to Another.
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As well as writing novels and doing short-order journalism, I am also the full-time carer of my husband, who has Alzheimer's. Each day feels like a race that must be run.
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I don't do my best work while I'm in therapy. I'm too onto myself immediately seeing meanings in things and more likely to censor myself. I'd rather find images I don't understand. That's what generates the work.
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Some days you have it; some days you don't.
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Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.
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Wherever I go, the club is never to stay on the same square on the board: they have to move up. I don't know if it's coincidence, some calling, or destiny - but whatever it is, it's the story of my life.
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I wanted to preserve the old buildings, not to destroy them and build something new.
