Nazanin Boniadi Quotes
Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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As you grow older, your whole life becomes very rich, multifaceted.
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Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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But I think we need the international market.
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The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.
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I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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In my experience, scientists are not always the most socially adjusted people, and may have habits and fascinations outside of their work that others might consider odd.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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Perhaps 10 percent of patients who are prescribed antidepressants are really benefiting from the drugs' active ingredients.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos.
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I looked up to her because (of) what an achievement it was to live to 101.
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I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. … Man's true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
