Amir Mohamed Quotes
I want to be the best cricketer I can be for my country. If I work hard, the main aim for me is to be the world's best bowler.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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I like beautiful clothing. I love Bergdorfs.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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I'm not a programmer myself, but I am a very, very picky end user of technology. I like my machines to work they way they're supposed to, all the time.
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I think the amazing thing about 'Twin Peaks' was that it completely changed television from that point forward. It showed everyone that you can just sit really quiet with storylines and characters. It can be scary, it can be uncomfortable, it can be weirdly funny.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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Culture constitutes an essential element of social and political liberation. As people rise up across the Middle East and North Africa, the diversity of their cultures is not only the means but also the ultimate goal of their liberation and their freedom.
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I was so horrifically bad at tennis.
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There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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There are different types of bullying; one of the biggest ones out there right now is cyberbullying. I had the privilege of filming an 'Austin & Ally' episode centered on cyberbullying, how it can get out of control, the ups and downs that you feel, and how to deal with it.
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I'm a firm believer in time. I know a lot of people don't believe in time like I do, but I think time heals and kind of reveals all for me.
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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.
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People look at things differently. Imagine going to a village in Southern Sudan and try to explain to someone there the concept of life insurance or retirement. Go to Vietnam and say retirement. Retirement in another country is your body is too racked with pain and your hands are too arthritic from the life in the rice patty fields, so you can't work anymore. So you move in with your son and his new wife takes care of you because that's how families work there.
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I want to be the best cricketer I can be for my country. If I work hard, the main aim for me is to be the world's best bowler.
