Tahereh Mafi Quotes
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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If I ever had needed to put together a CV, it would be quite short. Like many young people, I'd highlight my desire to work hard.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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I do believe that banks are special - they are very leveraged institutions by nature; therefore, it's even more critical to ensure that the governance and the process of running a banking company are well-organised, managed and regulated.
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Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig man, now a bean man.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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After World War I the resentment of the working class against all that it had to suffer was directed more against Morgan, Wall Street and private capital than the government.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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My first inspiration for acting came from the first episode of 'Hannah Montana.' That's when I knew I wanted to be a singer and an actress.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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I just can't read music.
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On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
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We can climb mountains with self-love.
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A lot of locked-room mysteries take time for you to pay attention and see the setup. They aren't thrillers, and they don't move along. The modern mystery story is really faster-paced, and I think modern readers tend to prefer seeing something happening on every other page.
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In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
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Kirmizi biber has a sweet aroma and can vary in spiciness.
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What I love about my job is challenging myself and finding weird, different roles.
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This one fact alone, Rachmael reflected, should have frightened the rational citizen. But-The people did not know. The media had not reported it.
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We can certainly go further than cats, but why should it be that our brains are somehow so suited to the universe that our brains will be able to understand the deepest workings?
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There's so much power in allegory, to form ideas and learn lessons that you can actually take and apply to real life. I think that's why I originally really loved fantasy and reading.
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Ayo, shout out to Mobb Deep, the Extra P Busta Rhymes, De La, the J Beez, so don't sleep
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To strip yourself from a lot of the things around you that make you comfortable is a really challenging thing that most of us don't do or don't get a chance to do.
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Why sleep when there are books to read.
