Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.
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There's nobody on this earth who can tell you that what you're feeling is wrong. They can tell you it's different to what they're feeling.
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
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Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.
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I think music needs danger; it needs risk.
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I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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You're either ghetto or you're not.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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I think that in the end, a talk show is a very different animal.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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I've been told by journalists that Facebook is upset anytime we're mentioned.
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I love New York.
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I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly.
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I take stuff because I'm inspired by it.
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I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
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Lateral thinking is closely related to insight, creativity and humour. All four processes have the same basis. But whereas insight, creativity and humour can only be prayed for, lateral thinking is a more deliberate process. It is as definite a way of using the mind as logical thinking - but a very different way.
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I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.
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For city dwellers like me who don't get to vacation in the summer, no filmmaker can so effectively make you feel like you went to France for August, fell in love, got hurt, broke up, grew up, and figured some things out - all in 90 minutes or so. My favorite of Rohmer's cinematic escapes is 'La Collectionneuse.'
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eBay's business is based on enabling someone to do business with another person, and to do that, they first have to develop some measure of trust, either in the other person or the system.
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I started my YouTube channel when I was 13. At the time, I was being bullied by a few people who I used to be very close to. I felt very alone and unmotivated. After discovering the beauty community, I decided it would be a great way to express myself and use it as an outlet to be who I am.
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Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.
