Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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So, I get a kick out of working with the media.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I kind of went into soap opera with 'General Hospital' in the '80s. It's like theater because every day it's a new script, which really doesn't have a beginning, middle or end like a play or a movie script. So you have to be on your toes and bring it every day. And you have to be spontaneous, which is really how I like to work.
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I have so many pairs of oxfords; it's ridiculous. It started because at my school you have to wear oxfords for our uniform, but after I got my first pair, I realized they were really comfortable, so they became my regular walking shoes, too.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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We must fight as a race for everything that makes for a better country and a better world. We are dreaming idiots and trusting fools to do anything less.
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I had a dream cast when Dan first went off and wrote 'Ghostbusters 3' by himself. It was so long ago that my dream cast was Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Chris Rock. That would have been cool. Now, a lot of time has passed, and there are a lot of young funny people.
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I hate all the terrorists in the world, whatever the purpose of their struggle. However, I support every active civil revolt against any occupation, and Israel, too, is among the despicable occupiers. Such revolt is both more just and more effective, and it does not extinguish one's spark of humanity.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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What's beautiful about Godzilla is, of course, it's in every way a symbol of Japan dealing with the aftermath of the atomic bombs being dropped on them, and their ideas of how they're affected by it.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.
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I don't recommend skipping college, but things have worked out for me.
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To the biologist the problem of socialism appears largely as a problem of size.
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Since my first encounter with Kafka's writing, I've been interested in a quality that, while he was alive, stood in the way of his achieving a large reputation: his allegory.
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The glory of being a carrier pilot has certainly worn off.
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It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.
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Holding on to hope when everything is dark, is the greatest test of faith
