Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
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I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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I have this board in my house that lists out all the things that I love about myself. It's a board of affirmations, and it serves me well.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I've never asked a player if they would sign my shoe.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I do not believe the American people are going to confuse hatred for passion.
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I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.
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Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, 'If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?'
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I used to write in a local coffee shop, but there was another guy, another writer, who kept sitting in my favorite seat. I would show up, and he would be there, and I would get exiled to a couch or something, and it would throw me off my game.
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I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it's followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.
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Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.
