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.Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi
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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.
Larry Drake -
Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
Samantha Power -
If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
Nathan Myhrvold -
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.
A. S. Byatt -
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.
Dan Pink -
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.
Imogen Cunningham
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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.
Dana Goodyear -
By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
Ted Williams -
There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
Malvinder Mohan Singh -
The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
Harold Warner -
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.
Oscar Wilde -
Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
Eartha Kitt
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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.
Samantha Bond -
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.
Ted Cruz -
When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
Owen D. Young -
New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
Nathan Myhrvold -
I have two tutors - a maths tutor and another tutor who does all the other subjects. It is part of the deal with myself; I really want to finish school. I like learning and education, and I think it is really important.
Olivia DeJonge -
First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
Adam McKay
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I did not like leaving them when they were little or big. You have to have priorities regarding what you will allow to take you away from your kid.
Kate Hudson -
I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.
Irene Rosenfeld -
The majors are very important, and I would love to win one or many. I'll continue to compete in them hard and win if I can. There's not much more I can say. I'd love to be part of the club of people who've won majors.
Luke Donald -
I can be shy, but I'm not shy with my body. Everyone is naked under their clothes - so what?
Cameron Richardson -
Sadly, in the most nerdy way possible, my superpower is anagramming.
Matt Letscher -
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.
Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi