Randa Abdel-Fattah Quotes
I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I want to continue to be me and share with people.
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There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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Anyone can call himself a promoter. Anyone can call himself a promoter and stage a fight. Unlike other professional sports, whose owners collude out of mutual interest in their sport's image and general welfare, there are no real alliances or partnerships in boxing.
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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A dead end street is a good place to turn around.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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It isn't often that the logic behind a policy is so clear. But when it comes to the value of educating girls, the evidence speaks for itself.
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Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. In the summer, the streetlamps attracted swirling bugs. I loved those bugs: crickets, praying mantis, all kinds of beetles. I also have a vivid memory of dazzling sunlight coming out of the sky.
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I've never been in a relationship before. I've only been in unrequited relationships where people haven't loved me back. I guess I'm a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.
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I love everything to be organized and clean... all the time.
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Don't try to be like somebody else. You'll be miserable. You need to be yourself, and don't ever get a big head.
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With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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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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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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For me, whether it's in a book or on T.V., a recipe has to be simple. I have a short attention span, so to open a cookbook and see a recipe that goes on for three to four pages, well, I've lost interest.
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I'm not going to go around with a long face - that's a waste of time
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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Nobody wants to get into controversies, especially in the film industry. I do not wish to be a controversial girl. But sometimes you have to take tough decisions that might eventually help your career.
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When we look at countries that suppress women's rights, I think that they are missing the point. Women have so much to offer.
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
