Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
Quotes to Explore
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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This country has far more problems than it deserves and far more solutions than it applies.
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Something about 'Battlestar' that I didn't realize when I took the job was this whole bubble aspect of closing people in and seeing what they do.
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Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it.
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I can't even go down to the park anymore back home in Newark, New Jersey because my homeboys won't let me play. They tell me I'm too big time, too Hollywood, so they won't let me play out there no more.
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My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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You just have to take these opportunities when they come along. They're not that frequent; you'll get a really good script, oh, maybe once a year if you're lucky.
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I was amazed to realize that for many Westerners, Scheherezade was considered a lovely but simple-minded entertainer, someone who relates innocuous tales and dresses fabulously. In our part of the world, Scheherezade is perceived as a courageous heroine and is one of our rare female mythological figures.
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Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios and whatever else they sell around the world. That was why Iran needed a deal. Everyone knows they fund terrorism around the world. Having that extra money will add a lot of problems and create a lot more hot spots.
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When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
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I like to talk about food, ingredients, and how to adapt recipes. It's a dialogue.
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Speed is the No. 1 thing. Our core competency has been doing exactly this: buying companies and integrating them quickly.
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I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director.
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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Working with children is a whole other ball game. They're like little animals. You have to keep the camera turned on them all the time. Sometimes it takes a 41-minute take to get one sentence out in a believable way.
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The only new technology that interests me is when it sort of throws me back soundwise. And I can think, "Wow, that means I can go onstage and sound like Scotty Moore now and again!"
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There's millions of gay people in the world. In 2011, you've got to hide that you're gay? Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, be real.
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I took solace in my relationship with God who, along with my dog, was my best friend growing up.
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When you Rectify your Relationship with the Creator, He Rectifies your relationship with All of the Creation.
