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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Sound public finances are not the enemy of sustained growth - they are its precondition.
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I always recognized that modeling would allow me to see and do a lot, so I looked for opportunities to learn and grow.
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I had the idea in my twenties that a writer could immediately become the late Henry James. Henry James himself had to mature. Even Saul Bellow did.
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By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.
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Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding; better those who push forward, who employ their enterprise, who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck, and to effectively gain her favor.
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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.