Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
Quotes to Explore
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.'
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I've always liked street lights, and I've always photographed them. I probably have a collection of two to three thousand photographs of them, just around the city, mainly at night.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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The average Indian doesn't care about Hollywood movies because they have far too many movies of their own to watch, to miss, and I hope a story like 'Million Dollar Arm,' that is actually about India and deals with these two Indian kids, resonates over there and makes people want to go and see the movie.
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I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
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If you see a black family, it's looting, but if it's a white family they are looking for food.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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I'm vehemently against population transfer. I'm against expelling anyone from his house, ever - whether it be a Jew or an Arab.
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I'm more of a freestyle dancer. I like to do my own thing.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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People are so complex and multidimensional that raising someone to 'hero' status is too great a simplification.
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The reason so many people turned up at his funeral is that they wanted to make sure he was dead.
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We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
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Many women have more power than they recognize, and they're very hesitant to use it, for they fear they won't be loved.
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I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.
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My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasn't bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps.
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I'm interested when people will stand up for themselves. I'm always interested in that moment when someone decides it's not good enough, and even though it's painful, they're willing to make a change.
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Everything I do is a reflection of the duality within me. Musically, I really love things that are very synthetic and unnatural. And I also like the organic and human... the intrinsic, I guess.
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Any beauty you see in me is only a reflection of Him, any ugliness, a reflection of my self.
