Tahereh Mafi Quotes
All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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I've never quite worked out how to do holidays. I've got a house in France which I suppose is a kind of holiday house. But it's really only so I can go on drawing when I get there. I'm never far away from the feeling that I want to be getting on with something.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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You need your mom and dad to protect you. It means they love you so much.
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I grew up in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and reading was a big part of my life - I'd get through several books a week.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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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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I am not in politics to make more money.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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I think a good pastor is somebody who is honest and humble and has a really caring heart.
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It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small things with great love.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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Someone has said the best nursing home is the U.S. Senate.
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Dear brothers and sisters, I have often thought of how the Church may render more clear her mission to be a witness to mercy; and we have to make this journey. It is a journey which begins with spiritual conversion. Therefore, I have decided to announce an Extraordinary Jubilee which has at its centre the mercy of God. It will be a Holy Year of Mercy.
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All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.
