Maajid Nawaz Quotes
Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large.
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I like walking in Golden Gate Park.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I love elephants! It's my favorite animal.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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For me, 'Moby-Dick' is more than the greatest American novel ever written; it is a metaphysical survival manual - the best guidebook there is for a literate man or woman facing an impenetrable unknown: the future of civilization in this storm-tossed 21st century.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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I know exactly what it's like to stand on top of a tall building or in a high place and look down and go, 'Ohhhh my God.' I try to get into that place every time I write a scene like that. And definitely when I write the action scenes, I get overheated and my heart goes really fast. I get very involved.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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When I saw Wonder Woman being constantly put in positions where she'd get tied up with her own rope, or held hostage, even as a kid, my reaction was 'C'mon, she's too smart for that.'
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What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
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Violence, whether spiritual or physical, is a quest for identity and the meaningful. The less identity, the more violence.
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People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.
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The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.
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I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.
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Wherever I've been, I've left people who joined Hizb ut-Tahrir. I have to make amends. What I did was damaging to British society and the world at large.
