Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls - and the Victorians - the idea of wistful, dark romance.
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I was vegetarian for a long time, and in the last four years I started eating chicken and fish. I feel like it really built up my strength a lot.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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I don't wish anybody ill, I really don't. I've got a lot of faults, but I was never jealous or envious or... it's a waste of time.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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If you get a chance to be part of a Judd Apatow film, you just say yes.
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By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
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One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds.
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We don't go against the will of the people.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.
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Some day I shall be President.
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I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.
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Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.
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I'm not antisocial. I like people.
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The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.
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If you don't measure yourself by achievement, how are you going to set achievement levels for other people?
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Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found.
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With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.
