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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Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that.
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Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
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Men of genius are not quick judges of character. Deep thinking and high imagining blunt that trivial instinct by which you and I size people up.
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I was definitely incredibly close to my dad, in a way that was all-encompassing. I am close to my mum, too, but there were areas that she and I did not share. So his loss to me was huge, personally and professionally. He believed in me, not just as a father, but as a director, and that always meant a lot.
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I discovered early on that I was more of a strummer than a picker.
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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.