Taslima Nasrin Quotes
When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
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I've always wanted to do a travel show for people who never thought they could.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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Have an earnestness for death and you will have life.
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If you have a certain wildness of spirit, a cabinet maker's workshop is not the place to express it.
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You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
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For if you train hard and responsibly your confidence surges to a maximum.
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When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
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Let the message go out - a new generation has taken charge of Labour which is optimistic about our country, optimistic about our world, optimistic about the power of politics. We are optimistic and together we will change Britain.
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I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.
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You are the universe, you aren't in the universe.
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I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.
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I'm always sorry to finish a book, to let go of characters I love, people I've struggled to understand for years, people who evolve before me.
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What's important for me is to give my daughters a well-rounded education and a mixture of people in their lives. They'll make their own choices. I think they would be good in show business.
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In my opinion, the only way to conquer stage fright is to get up on stage and play. Every time you play another show, it gets better and better.
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No, it's not comfortable; I hate watching myself. You don't like when you hear your voice on your voicemail; imagine having to see yourself 30 feet wide and 30 feet big.
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When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
