Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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Life moves fast. As much as you can learn from your history, you have to move forward.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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You know, I've had an incredible career and I'm blessed.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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We've got a dictatorial president and a Justice Department that does not want Congress involved. Your guy's acting like he's king. His dad was at a 90 percent approval rating and he lost! And the same thing can happen to him!
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Like lots of women who marry young and find themselves mothers by the time they're 25, I felt I no longer had an identity.
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I have always looked up to Adele and Christina Aguilera as singers ever since I was very young, and now my favorite male singer is Hozier.
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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I don't talk in ifs.
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I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices.
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I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.
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I'm not a singer. In 'Bye Bye Birdie,' I think I was the sad girl who sits on the park bench during 'Put on a Happy Face.'
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Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are produced.
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It's not easy to date when you're hefty. Besides I like feeling thin because it makes me feel amorous.
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Sometimes it's the script or an opportunity to work with an incredible director.
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When I first lived in a model apartment... It was two bunk beds to a room, and the bathroom was constantly in use. I was bringing in Lucky Charms cereal, and one day an agent put a stop to that. She said, 'You're making all the girls fat.' They took it off our grocery order. That was the most dramatic thing that happened.
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My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separate what seems real from what seems fantastic.
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Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.
