Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.
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Some foreigners with full bellies and nothing better to do engage in finger-pointing at us. First, China does not export revolution; second, it does not export famine and poverty; and third, it does not mess around with you. So what else is there to say?
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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I've been with some of the most quote-unquote beautiful women in the world. But they're so ugly on the inside.
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In a repressed society, artists fulfil a sense of harking back to instant gratification, or immediate expression, by doing things that function on the edge of society, or outside of what is conventionally accepted.
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No one has ever raised capital because their pitch deck was pretty. A lot of people have raised capital because they were over-prepared, knew where their business was going, and were able to articulate that through a pitch alongside a pitch deck.
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I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing.
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A lot of people come work with me because I keep an open set, and people can visit. Julia Roberts used to have friends visit on 'Pretty Woman.'
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Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be evil. And the evil sometimes is the best!
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Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
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I have over 2 million followers now on Google Plus.
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I hope that I can continue to champion Dr. Paul's efforts to audit the Fed, protect state's rights, and getting our nation back on track.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.
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Privacy is a vast subject. Also, remember that privacy and convenience is always a trade-off. When you open a bank account and want to borrow some money, and you want to get a very cheap loan, you'll share all details of your assets because you want them to give you a low interest rate.
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I wish I could just be in the movies and still enjoy everything else like a normal person.
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If terrorism is to be defeated, the world of Islam must take on board the secularist-humanist principles on which the modern is based, and without which Muslim countries' freedom will remain a distant dream.
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Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
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'MasterChef' is the search for America's culinary amateur talent, so this is a search for the best home cook in America, and it's our job to figure out who that is.
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Our prayer is a heart search. It is a reminder to ourselves that we are helpless without His support.
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I'm a bit of a hothead in certain circumstances, but you've got to temper it because your fans are there, and they've paid good money to see a show.
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What guides us is children's response, their joy in learning to dance, to sing, to live together. It should be a guide to the whole world.
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You don't need to go all deep and meaningful and start talking about Daddies. It's yes or no answer.
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Previous journeys in search of treasure have taught me that a zigzag strategy is the best way to get ahead.
