Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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The Masters is a sell-out annually, and even the scalpers mind their manners.
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How does one get bored of life?
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Sometimes my family got me in the door. Somebody would say, 'Bruce Dern's daughter - sure I'd like to meet her.' It was a point of interest. But after five minutes of talking about my father, I still had to read for the part.
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I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
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You know sometimes it's not the bigger roles that give you the most satisfaction, yeah?
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I always say you've only got one life to live, and you're not promised a tomorrow. So, you might as well just have a good time with it.
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Human beings around the world have to be taught to go, 'Tamil equals Tamil civilians first, and the Tamil Tiger is a separate thing.' And both of those groups are different. It's like a square and a circle.
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I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.
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I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.
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Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be.
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Life is not what you expected it to be.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character as an author, he deserved to have his merit handsomely allowed.
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I think it's become much harder because I'm more afraid of every step I take. I'm more aware of its ramifications, I'm more aware of the less creative aspects of music - like the business-side of things for example.
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Postmodernism shifts the basis of the work of art from the object to the transaction between the spectator and the object and further deconstructs this by negating the presence of a representative objective viewer.
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The Dunya is like the ocean and our heart is like the ship. If a ship allows the water to enter, it will sink. Just like when we allow the Dunya to enter our heart.
