Yasmin Mogahed Quotes

The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.

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• For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.

  

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• I've had more ups than downs in my career. All you can do is keep working. You still have to take enjoyment out of what you're doing, and things will turn, and my smile has always been there. In good moments and bad.

  

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• I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.

  

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• I wouldn't want to be a James Bond.

  

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• My dad passed on asthma to me. It's kind of ironic because he outgrew it at 13.

  

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• I never cared about money or fame, and I don't care now. I follow the groove, and money always follows.

  

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• Beauty is what attracts men naturally, but really I think we dress for other women, not necessarily for men. We torture ourselves every single day, and I wish that we wouldn't because we should all just get along, really.

  

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• Wise and humane management of the patient is the best safeguard against infection.

  

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• Think of something finite molded into the infinite, and you think of man.

  

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• If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.

  

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• Looks is a matter of perception. At Cannes, Europeans think I am good looking, while in India, I am not.

  

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• The American system of democracy is founded on the concept that every citizen has the right to vote, to know that their vote is counted, and that the vote is counted accurately.

  

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• The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.

  

  Yasmin Mogahed