Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba) Quotes
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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With a poetry book I can send 100 copies out to reviewers and other people, and even do it in advance and get their response. It's difficult with iPad: how do you send it out for free, and how do you even disseminate it before it goes into their store?
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without the hair being just right. I quietly knew that he was anxious and that the hairdo wasn't the real issue. But we all let it go and came back to the scene sometime later.
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When you decide to do this kind of music then you just accept the facts.
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I had a flip phone until I was 25, and I didn't use social media until that age, either.
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Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general public, and the new is always alarming.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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Hope sleeps in our bones like a bear waiting for spring to rise and walk.
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People are people the world over. Some are good, some bad, some greedy and some generous. Nations are like people and act the same way.
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I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate tunings and stuff like that. I like the boundaries of regular tunings.
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People don't necessarily expect singles from me. They expect full bodies of work.
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If it gets to the Supreme Court, I'll have the directors of every museum in the country as expert testimony that my work is legitimate art.
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It's normal that countries work for their own benefit, political and economic.
