Maajid Nawaz Quotes
My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
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I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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Sometimes when I visit my sister and her two children, I wonder if she missed a lot by getting married. Right now, nothing could be further from my mind than getting married.
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I set myself one task, which was to get Labour on to the front foot, back in the game, making the weather on the economy, and that's going to take me a year.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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The show I'm obsessed with watching is 'Say Yes to the Dress!' Because I love the whole makeover idea, and I'm a sap for love, of course.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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I am going to enjoy some other things apart from business.
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We must not sacrifice one of our remaining untamed places in reckless pursuit of oil. We know we have to leave oil in the ground, or destructive climate change will become unstoppable. If not in the pristine and vulnerable Arctic Ocean, then where?
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The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.
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You have giant Facebook, which wants people to be more engaged, and they also want to grow and trade different things, including content.
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'
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I'm not really into the numbers game of, like, what position our record is. But you find out at the end, you know? You're like 'Oh, all right! That's good!' We had a Number Three record. That's crazy! What's that about? That's exciting to me! I think that's good.
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The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
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A top-five finish in the 150 is a good start. It gives us something to build on for Sunday.
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My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
