Behdad Sami Quotes
True strength is shown by the person who remains humble, quiet, & positive throughout all adversity and maintains their path towards success.
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When I first met Elvis, we had so much in common and became fast friends.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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I don't know if I have a 'Greatest Album Ever.' I really liked 'The Blueprint' by Jay-Z. The production on that album was really great. 'All I Need' was the first song I used for walk-on music in 2002 for my second time ever on stage, so that means a lot to me.
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics used really obvious analogies like rain for tears.
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I wasn't being bullied at school at this point. I had a group of friends, and I was isolated because I wasn't communicating with my parents. I wasn't telling them what I was going through.
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While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.
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Our troops do an incredible job every single day, but our policymakers have not lived up to the sacrifices that our troops make every day.
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I love action movies.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.
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I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.
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'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' is not a direct-to-video, low-budget sequel: it's a big film. And it'd be fantastic to have the opportunity to see it on the IMAX screens at the same time, and IMAX has made arrangements with us for that to happen.
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I have no interest in going to Egypt and seeing the pyramids. I'm just not that kind of dude.
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It's sweet that I don't have to do my laundry.
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
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No one can live entirely on their own, nor can any country or society exist in isolation.
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I hope I'm always learning something.
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I definitely think that, for a woman, the biggest turn-on is the mind. Otherwise, obviously you want someone who keeps up with himself and has self-respect and self-confidence.
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For the most part, if somebody approaches me and says, 'I'd like to interview you,' who am I to say no, when I spend all my days going, 'Hello, you don't know me. I'd like to ask you some questions. Do you have a little time?'
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The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, I was a 12.
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True strength is shown by the person who remains humble, quiet, & positive throughout all adversity and maintains their path towards success.
