Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
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It's double talk and double standards. It's like, be honest, but don't be too honest. Look fresh-faced and young, but don't tell us how you got there. God forbid you have plastic surgery, even though we're telling you, 'Oh, you look old.' Be a career woman, but also, why aren't you having kids? Are you some kind of cold shrew?
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At 8, I made a pact with God.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will.
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God invented mankind because he loved silly stories.
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I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.
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I'm honored and blessed by God to be in the sport I love, and I want to accomplish all the goals I set in the sport of boxing - to be successful and make history.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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When I was a little girl, my dream was just to hear my song on the radio. It was very fascinating to me, and I was like, 'How do I do that?' Now it's like, 'Oh my God, my song is on the radio!'
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I pray to God I get inside a girl's head one day and see what in the WORLD they are thinking.
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As an author, you're really grateful for the people who are supporting you, but on some other level, that can be a dangerous echo chamber.
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'Economics for Everybody' begins with understanding God's principles for organizing His creation and what that means for us as creatures and stewards.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.
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I love life. I wish I could live another 500 years, truly. There is so much to do. I don't feel bitter or angry or disappointed. If anything, I am very grateful for where I come from. I have absolutely no regrets.
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'Well', said Miss Marple. 'Are you going to let her get away with it?' There was a pause, then Father brought down his fist with a crash on the table. 'No', he roared - 'No, by God I'm not!' Miss Marple nodded her head slowly and gravely. 'May God have mercy on her soul,' she said.
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I want all the interested parties to come together and develop a solution that provides additional water and helps the lower Arkansas River communities thrive again.
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No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
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When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.
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The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs.
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Be grateful for the wound that pushes you towards God.
