Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
Quotes to Explore
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When I wrote 'Fight Song,' I was in a particular low point. I needed to remind myself to not give up, that I still believed in myself and that I still had fight left.
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My abuela was an incredible cook.
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I work hard at my job, and I guess hard work pays off.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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My mom, she is the most unbelievable mom that you could ever have in your entire life and she's always with me on everything. The most I've ever been away from her is two days. I love her more than anybody could ever know.
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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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When you look at someone good like J.J. Abrams who gives you the spectacle and great action set pieces but also gives you character and great story and plotting and narrative, I think it's my job - and my intention - to do both.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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'The Voice' was the first real job I've ever had that wasn't just messing around with music.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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There's something extremely bizarre about the way people consume media now.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I never sing in the shower either.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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I was a little confused as a kid because I grew up with my mom, and my mom is black. So, I was cultured in a very 'black' way. But when I go to school, I'm getting called 'white.' They would look at me, and they would curse me out. I didn't understand. I just knew I saw people of all different shades, and I was light. Now, I'm in a much bigger world.
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I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.
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A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.
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Businesses should be assured that law enforcement will operate with the utmost sensitivity toward victims of cyber attacks.
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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When your failures surround you, and all the open doors have closed, look up. There’s a door that never closes, a way, when all the other ways have failed you.
