Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
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My parents did their best - that earns a lot of forgiveness. But they say children grow up in spite of their parents, and I think I did.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
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My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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It feels like a game, this work I do. It is totally heartfelt, and I love the sticky terrain, the straight-up cartoons, how the irrepressible and icky rise to the surface. But I am not just trying to call forth bugaboos and demons for the sake of it, for fun.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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One of my earliest memories is of being about three and a half, climbing through the legs of a man who I didn't know was the famous actor, Patrick Magee.
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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Sheer visual quantity evokes the magical resonance of the tribal hoard. The box office looms as a return to the echo chamber of bardic incantation. (p. 288)
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How sickness enlarges the dimensions of a man's self to himself.
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I wanted to explore what all this new-found wealth means for the different generations of Chinese who have to live together in this place that is transforming at warp speed into the richest country on the planet.
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I've done so much travelling in the past few years, and when you travel, you realise that we do actually have a cool, clean look in Scandinavia - it's not just Denmark - which I think brings peace if you have it in your home.
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Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.
