Tahereh Mafi Quotes
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I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
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I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would've reached out to him and asked for his council; he's done that very little. So, I think the relationship has not been good over the years.
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I knew Jimmy Dean. He tested for 'Battle Cry'. Paul Newman tested for 'Battle Cry'. I did nine tests to finally get that role.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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From the days of Cain and Abel, we know all too well there will always be evil. But that evil shouldn't take away our freedoms.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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God has given us all wonderful unique gifts and talents to use to glorify and celebrate Him.
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Being a big fan of 'Glee,' I want to do the show justice.
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In the past, a writer had to go outside and get to know others before learning about their work, but the Internet has made humanity more accessible for misanthropes like me. I read blogs, tweets, Facebook posts and Reddit threads where people detail their jobs.
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When I first was a part of 'The Monster,' I really wanted to put it out under my name, but no record label thought it was good enough - until Eminem liked it.
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To contemplate is to look at shadows.
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Catch me. I'm your disease.
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The work I did on 'Killing Kennedy' was very meticulous and, in some ways, actually tedious. It was hard work because there is so much known about John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald. To try to distill that into a clear narrative that's interesting and tells two great stories was a real challenge.
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As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response.
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I am always surprised by who wears my shoes. This is a good thing. There is no type of woman, but all my women like to feel feminine. They are women who are happy to be women.
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I'm at that great level where fans will stop and say 'hi,' which I love, but the paparazzi don't care, which is incredible.
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I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since it's somewhat the same environment and I have pretty strong reactions to what this country looks like. It looks pretty dull and spare, and you like this and dislike it and it's very complicated.
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A lot of my fans are young women that are my age. We're all going through the same problems at the same time, so I just tried to be really honest with that.
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Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.
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In many respects, my best friends were dogs.
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There is no country... where there are not somewhere lovers of freedom who look to this country to carry the torch and keep it burning bright until such time as they may again be able to light their extinguished torches at our flame. We owe it not only to our own people but to the world to preserve our soul for that.
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I always wanted to be an actor. It sort of prevented that whole - I never had any of that kind of angsty period old and doing musicals at camp and community theater and plays at school; it was just always what I most enjoyed and always what I intended to pursue.
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I love you exactly as you are.
