Zainab Salbi Quotes
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
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I think it's unfair to criticise someone for not being Welsh, but the smaller the nation, the more patriotic you seem to be.
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For the first time I'm free to be myself.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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I've done some music for films and I really enjoy doing it.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.
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And one cannot discharge the duty of loyalty without the patient and an open minded study of the institution that marked the country and defined its character.
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Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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For seven years I did very little theatre, and I have to make up some time.
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My personal trainer is an ex-dancer so we do a lot of ballet and jazz.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
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I also know there are timeless waters, endless seas, and lots of people in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves. I look up at the sky and I see you there.
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Kenya has deep resonances for the royals: it was here, after all, that the young Princess Elizabeth heard of the death of her father, George VI. From that moment, she was Queen.
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Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.
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You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?
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I don't consider myself a sex symbol.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
