Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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If it hadn't worked out professionally, I would be teaching music theory and composition in a small college somewhere and playing drums in a jazz trio at the Holiday Inn on weekends, and I'd be happy there, too.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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I don't have a big thing about leaving my mark or being historic.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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Every actor wants to do a love story, and courtesy T-Series, I got to do two back-to-back.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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My working history as an actor is definitely in the theatre; it certainly was in Australia.
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I am quite short, but that never comes across when I'm onstage in front of people. When I get offstage and greet an audience afterwards, their first reaction is to comment on my height because it seems like a very drastic difference.
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Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence without losing energy, whereas film can go into a silent mode and stay there for minutes at a time.
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I love the Bible. I read it every day. I spend 10 hours a week studying it. It has affected my life in profound ways. I am inspired when I read it.
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In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.
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If I'm dancing, or teaching, or having a family I would want to live life to the fullest as possible.
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I'm not here to win a popularity contest.
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Back in 1978, when I was still in high school, I went to see a Broadway show, 'Paul Robeson,' starring James Earl Jones. It was all about Robeson's journey as a human being, an artist, a champion of civil rights. Had I not seen the play, I might not have known who Robeson was. I was certainly never taught about him in school.
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Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.
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Passion is the motto of all my actions.
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Hobbits are a lot like Scots. It's all about nature and enjoying their land, which is a very Scottish thing.
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A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.
