Hanan Ashrawi Quotes
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected.
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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I am one of those people that's never been really cynical about life, you know.
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Learning to write comics is, in fact, so bloody difficult because it's such a weird form that it does actually make you a bit more adaptable for other forms.
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I went to see Dad in hospital after he had gone through one particularly grueling operation. I walked into the room where he was recovering, and he was sitting up in a chair, wearing his shirt and tie. That was after eight hours of surgery. I found that so moving.
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The ultimate thing is creating your own stuff and making projects for yourself. That's what Seth Rogen does. He's writing and producing a lot of the movies that he's the lead in.
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If you want to go to the mall, you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
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You fall for who the chemistry is with.
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Kids nowadays, I remember when I was in school, they were just rude, even to the teachers and stuff.
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I met Jill Soloway at Sundance a couple years ago. I was there for 'Crystal Fairy', and she was there for 'Afternoon Delight'. She reached out and wanted to get together.
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There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.
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Avoid conducting official Department business from your personal e-mail accounts.
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You cannot rob me of free nature's grace,You cannot shut the windows of the skyThrough which Aurora shows her brightening face.
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Coconut oil. I rub it through my hair, all over my skin, all over my body. Natural's the better way to go.
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I would say that Cynthia Nixon is somebody I admire, and Toni Collette as well. Those women - their work inspires me, whatever they do.
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I know there's a consciousness energy that operates completely independent of the physical body you inhabit, that maintains... awareness after the body's gone.
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In the ongoing effort to combat Ebola, more needs to be done to rewrite the public-health narrative. It must move from one that has been infused with fear to one that recognizes the hope for survival that supportive care can offer infected people.
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The one artist who actually had influence over me was Bo Bartlett.
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When I'm told absolutely no, it's a definite maybe.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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Men don't avoid successful women because they're jealous; they often do it to avoid being in competition with her next job promotion.
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We are still in the middle of the competition.
