Maajid Nawaz Quotes
In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.Maajid Nawaz
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When I hear someone, instantaneously, I'm like, 'Who's singing?' You're giving people so much of yourself, and my voice is the most natural, distinctive tool I have. It's up to me to express myself on a wider scale than just writing vocal melodies and lyrics.
Sampha -
The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
Ilan Stavans -
One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
Yuna -
Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
Ueli Gegenschatz -
I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
Kacy Hill
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I've never, ever done a piece of work - and can't imagine doing a piece of work - when I've thought, 'I was pretty perfect in that.'
Natasha Little -
Between the ages of 18 and 20, I made three hour-long films. One was a superhero film called 'Carbolic Soap.' One was a cop film called 'Dead Right.' And the other was called 'A Fistful Of Fingers.'
Edgar Wright -
If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
Quentin Blake -
I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
Irene Rosenfeld -
A culture produces ideas which are being explored, which of interest to that culture at that moment. And I think one of the things a writer can do is to take those ideas and go a bit further with them.
Kate Grenville -
I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.
Iris DeMent
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My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto; from Indio, California.
Vanessa Marcil -
I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
Daniel Barenboim -
I don't drink coffee.
Waris Ahluwalia -
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
E. W. Howe -
Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
Garret Dillahunt -
2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
Oliver Platt
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I guess you just fall into things when to you're supposed to.
Stephen Sprouse -
I'm very open-minded.
Gabrielle Reece -
When I was growing up, my mother would take me to plays and museums, and we'd talk about life. Those times helped shape who I became.
Jill Scott -
I think it's important to be flexible and free, and you can't be free and spontaneous if you don't know what you're doing.
Krysten Ritter -
My dad said to always do what I loved and not worry about the money or anything, because if I do what I love, then the money will come.
Ansel Elgort -
In prison I had the opportunity to debate and discuss people that had subscribed to all forms of Islamism.
Maajid Nawaz