Tahereh Mafi Quotes
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I think in a play it's wise to just sit back and watch other actors and be able to shape it from the audience.
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But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries.
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My family was very, very receptive to all; all races, religions.
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I remember praying for peace all the time as a kid.
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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.
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I'm like the wine. The older I get, the better I get.
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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.
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Too often, animal-rights supporters seem to care about animals to the exclusion of people.
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The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two - is gone.
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People dance and we have a lot of music and... this might be the closet I get for a while.
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Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
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All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
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I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.
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At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
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I try to get to the gym whenever I can, eat healthy, mostly protein and vegetables, avoid processed sugar and minimize carbs, but I don't feel like I need to go crazy if I want pasta now and then.
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As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.
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People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don't need politics, they have jobs.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
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I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.
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The feeling of being an outsider was a big part of my childhood. I think that helps comedians. That feeling of being an outsider. That desire for a perspective that's all your own. The idea for me to make stuff myself with my own meaning came from that as well.
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Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed.
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It is no common mortal who speaks to us in this music.
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Insane for your sweet, sweet love!
