Tahereh Mafi Quotes
They say there were birds who used to soar through the skies like planes.It seems strange that a small animal could achieve anything as complex as human engineering, but the possibility is too enticing to ignore.
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I hate it when guys wear really tight t-shirts. It's just so horrible, especially when you can see their bellies.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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E-Verify is a very commonsense reform that we can implement here in the state of Florida. I think I share a lot of Floridians' frustration that it didn't pass and a lot of the politics that were taking place behind the scenes.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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For the most part, it's a very male-dominated business. Most executives are male, so it's always sort of their vision of stuff. I'm constantly fighting against that, even when I play the wife or the girlfriend or the best friend. I always try my hardest to bring as much layering in and not make things stereotypical, but it's hard.
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A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
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The first bike that I bought was a Triumph 650. I really like the Triumph 650. I mean, of course, I've driven Harleys, and I think in 'Savage Seven' I drove an Indian, but - I really love Triumph.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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The hardest thing to do and most miserable films are comedies.
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We're trying to have the band create something beautiful that hopefully one day, 20 years from now, can be picked up by a kid and hopefully have the same effect that Neil Young had on me, or Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath.
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And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.
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There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I'm not a natural leader. I'm too intellectual; I'm too abstract; I think too much.
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I support anyone finding their worth despite being told they can't do something.
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Smoking I find the most ridiculous of all the varieties of human behavior and practically the only one that is entirely against nature. Can you imagine a cow or any animal taking a mouthful of smoldering straw then breathing in the smoke and blowing it out through its nostrils?
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I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.
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In my older age, I've learned to take things slower, because I used to be that total-fall-in-love-after-a-day guy.
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They say there were birds who used to soar through the skies like planes.It seems strange that a small animal could achieve anything as complex as human engineering, but the possibility is too enticing to ignore.
