Manal al-Sharif Quotes
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Now I'm back home, living in London, running my theater. I just want to enjoy all that.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Instead of yelling and spanking, which don't work anyway, I believe in finding creative ways to keep their attention - turning things into a game, for instance. And, when they do something good, positive reinforcement and praise.
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The music industry's very laid back while I'm very, very aggressive.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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My father went to work every day, and it's my job to go to work, too. Some days will be good, some won't be so good, but I have to go to work.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.
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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.
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One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.
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Being first lady is a full-time job. Betty Ford worked full time and should have received a salary. Michelle Obama works full time and should be paid.
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Acting was always my unscratched itch, when I was in college and even afterwards.
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In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
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A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. That's why the scenery is so flat.
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I'm still traumatized that I'm going to be on a big screen in a white bikini and naked so who knows!
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Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
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There's not a lot of flash about me.
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I don't like losing.
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It's very Western to idealize a kind of love that does not come with any expectations, that still permits both the giver and recipient to be completely free.
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The will-the one thing it is most important to educate-we neglect.
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So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who I find hilarious now, but the first couple of times I saw 'em, I was like "What is this? I don't get it at all."
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Women driving is just the first step - we have a long way to go.
