Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes

In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.

Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi

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• With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.

  

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• If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.

  

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• You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.

  

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• Sometimes you're watching a great film actor, and if you stand 10 feet away from them, you're like, 'God, they're terrible. They're not doing anything.' And then you see the close-up, and it's so nuanced, and so much expression is happening. They were acting for that camera and for no one else.

  

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• When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

  

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• Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build partnerships with surrounding communities and landowners.

  

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• The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.

  

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• The hard work definitely paid off and hard work always does.

  

  Gabby Douglas
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• It's really unfair to working women in America who read celebrity news and think, 'Why can't I lose weight when I've had a baby?' Well, everyone you're reading about has money for a trainer and a chef. That doesn't make it realistic.

  

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• America's public schools have served their purpose. Free and compulsory education was good for a somewhat unpromising young nation.

  

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• The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior. We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well.

  

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• Like any actor, I want to be able to have a long career and show different characters and a range.

  

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• I always thought I was going to be a great poet, and go and live in New York, where the great poets lived - you know, where Whitman had walked the streets.

  

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• And that had a powerful appeal, particularly to those who had been denied the choice to stay on at school, to go to university, to be something else, other than going down the pit.

  

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• I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.

  

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• Whether the family of the Clarkes were of Norman extraction cannot be easily ascertained.

  

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• If I do a film and have to get naked, that tends to dictate how often I go to the gym. Acting in 'Richard II' on stage was a huge physical workout, so I ended up more toned than I normally am.

  

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• If you're an outsider looking into my life, you're thinking, 'That dude is crazy. He's literally crazy.'

  

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• I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.

  

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• I think the unemployment rate for actors is pretty much the same in Sydney, London and New York. In all three cities, there are more actors than there are jobs. But I do think that there are far more acting opportunities in London and New York than in Sydney, where there are approximately seven actors that you see over and over again in every play.

  

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• We had common interests in the beauty of the French language. We both had a tremendous love of jazz. We shared dreams of getting married and having a family, living in the country, leading an idyllic life.

  

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• It takes a little work to be a vegan, but now it's really possible to have tasty stuff and it's better for you. I say the best test is go as far as you can and see how you feel. Personally, I feel great.

  

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• Will you still want me if I'm poor, Kat?" "What kind of question is that?" "No. Seriously. You're the planner. Simon's the genius. The Bagshaws are the muscle. And Gabrielle is . . . Gabrielle. But what am I, Kat? I'm the guy who writes the checks." "No. You're the most naturally gifted inside man I have ever seen. And I was raised by Bobby Bishop." She made him look into her eyes. "I don't care about your money.

  

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• In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.

  

  Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi