Reza Aslan Quotes
Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.
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My father was an electrical contractor, while I used to deliver video cassettes on a cycle to people in Juhu and Bandra, including celebrities like Mithun Chakraborty. Mithunda remembers me and is very proud of me. He can't believe that the guy who used to come to his house in short pants has become so successful.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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Most historians and other writers of what we now consider 'primary sources' simply didn't think about women and their contribution to society. They took it for granted, except when that contribution or its lack directly affected men.
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I can't pretend that I'm a great student of the art of comedy because anybody that becomes philosophical about humour doesn't know what he's talking about.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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I'm really enjoying being single. I'm not even looking to meet anybody, which is so freeing.
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My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperately I don't want the story to end.
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I like to prepare each tour in a different way.
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When a piece is done, I mix it before going on to any other piece.
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Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.
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I think 'Lovin' Feelin' was probably one of the most - probably in '64 and '65, one of the more dramatic love songs for these kids to grab hold of. I mean, they had been listening to, you know, kind of cute songs, and 'Lovin' Feelin' was just a strong, powerful song.
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Nude scenes aren't fun.
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Some Marine units actually use 'An Officer and a Gentleman' in their training programs.
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We must have great respect for these people who also suffer and who want to find their own way of correct living. On the other hand, to create a legal form of a kind of homosexual marriage, in reality, does not help these people.
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For any actor, it's very important to make your co-star comfortable.
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Any opportunity I can get to come back to Memphis, I try to get it.
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Secretly, I wanted to look like Jimi Hendrix, but I could never quite pull it off.
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Travelling expands the mind rarely.
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It is a tremendous honor to be named poet laureate, but one that I find humbling as well, because it's the kind of thing that makes me feel like - even as it's been bestowed upon me - I must continue to live up to what it means... Being the younger laureate in the age of social media is a new challenge.
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Religion doesn't make people bigots. People are bigots and they use religion to justify their ideology.
