Tahereh Mafi Quotes
I want to smash this concrete world into oblivion. I want to be bigger, better, stronger. I want to be the bird that flies away.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I have cravings all the time, even when I'm not pregnant.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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The greatest risk is really to take no risk at all. You've got to go out there, jump off the cliff, and take chances.
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I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
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Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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As frightening as this may sound, what you see in the books is the way I see the world. And so far I haven't seen anything, either in Florida or elsewhere, to dissuade me from it.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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You never know what movie I will be in next, but let's just hope it's sells (for my sake at least)!
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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I love what Drake does, but I don't want to be called the Drake of country.
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As a conductor I find the hardest tasks are to listen to the instinct of a musician and to hear the music behind the notes.
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Do not expect too much of the end of the world.
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'Three Tall Women' is kind of fascinating. I had never seen it itself, and I imagine the audience will find it very intriguing to watch the reveal of who these people are and how they interact in the second act.
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When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death? Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said.
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I want to smash this concrete world into oblivion. I want to be bigger, better, stronger. I want to be the bird that flies away.
