Zainab Salbi Quotes
Since a very young age, my mother made sure to tell me about the plight of women... As she raised my awareness about women's issues, she also made sure to ingrain in me the importance of being strong and independent and not to let anybody define me by their images of what women should be.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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Over the years, the most ponderous problem for women has been that men think that men and women are very different. Another of our massive problems is that women also think that men and women are very different.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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Family entertainment is really very necessary in our culture. Look how profitable they are. It's almost not discretionary. You need to take your family to the movies.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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The process of writing a book is so removed in my mind from the process of publishing it that I often forget for great stretches that I eventually hope to do the latter.
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I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.
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Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.
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You're lucky enough in television to always be at it, to always be doing it. It's like you're constantly that person, always, all the time. It gets to be like clockwork.
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I have amazing parents and some really great friends that would kick my butt if I ever started acting different.
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There is something in the way that we are now, with our cell phones, and people are not looking at each other and not being in the moment with each other, that kids feel isolated.
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I love saying dialogue and creating a full character more than just being physical. But I always end up doing physical stuff in my roles.
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Since a very young age, my mother made sure to tell me about the plight of women... As she raised my awareness about women's issues, she also made sure to ingrain in me the importance of being strong and independent and not to let anybody define me by their images of what women should be.
