Sadegh Hedayat Quotes
Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!

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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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My father had a flourishing business as a publisher in North India.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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You learn so much on set; I don't know if you learn as much anywhere else as you do when you're on set, working.
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A great song should make you stop everything that you're doing. You should be so into it that you just can't imagine doing anything else for that moment. You wouldn't even dream of picking up the phone.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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It was a superb agreement to end a war, but a very bad agreement to make a state. From now on, we have to part company with Dayton and try to build a modern democratic state, for which I have tried to lay the foundations.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.
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I had seen images of Crystal Renn and Sophie Dahl growing up, but I didn't really know about the plus-size fashion industry or how lucrative it was or, like, that it was changing or that I was even invited.
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I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.
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I've been an amateur photographer since my teens.
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I myself have been in therapy. Repeatedly.
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Death is a zero sum game for which there is no cure.
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Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!