Carla Nazih al-Berkashi (Yara) Quotes
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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I like writing about biology, not doing it.
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Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
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The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.
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I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day.
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When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.
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I believe an international criminal court is very much to be desired.
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I spend a lot of time in California, but New York is still my main home. I go to see a lot of theater.
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Hibernation is a covert preparation for a more overt action.
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What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.
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Tragedy is a great storytelling form. It worked extremely well for Shakespeare. It worked extremely well for Jim Cameron with 'Titanic.'
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I don't act in the way other actresses act, in terms of building or creating a character. I don't transform myself into the role, I invest myself in the role.
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In this business you have to develop a thick skin, but I'm always going to feel everything. It's my nature.
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Running for Senate is a very involved process.
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Men love it. They have a sense of humor, whereas a lot of women are threatened or just don't get it.
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I don't preach or try to impress my views upon people.
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Sometimes you have to go above the law.
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People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me. The more principle-centered we become, the more we develop an abundance mentality, the more we are genuinely happy for the successes, well-being, achievements, recognition, and good fortune of other people. We believe their success adds to...rather than detracts from...our lives.
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Suppose the pay gap between men and women were magically eliminated. If that happened, simple arithmetic suggests that half of women would be unable to find what they regard as a suitable mate.
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It ended up being a very good thing, because they finally started writing for the character, and I realized that you have to go to work with a purpose. I learned from the experience and then moved on.
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I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success.
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I think the hardest person to love is yourself
