Tariq Ramadan Quotes
Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language.
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My father was a very gregarious, very open guy. So every weekend, the house was full of people.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.
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Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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All my life I had feared to-morrow, until I decided to have faith and to live to-day in courage.
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Happiness is an inside job.
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
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When I was about 13, I met the coolest, chicest young woman I had ever seen. She was a neighbor of mine who became a fashion designer and had a small design studio. She taught me so many things about style and fashion. I had always loved making things, so when she told me about her career in fashion, I knew I had found my path.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play my dreams changed along the way.
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What people don't appreciate, when they picture Terminator-style automatons striding triumphantly across a mountain of human skulls, is how hard it is to keep your footing on something as unstable as a mountain of human skulls. Most humans probably couldn't manage it, and they've had a lifetime of practice at walking without falling over.
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Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower.
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People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
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Writing tends to be very deliberate. A novelist could probably run a military campaign with some success. They could certainly run a country.
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It doesn't matter if it's a small role: if I know I can pull it off and have a good team, I will do it.
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Peace if possible, truth at all costs.
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When we choose to live authentically we chip away at others prisons of pretend and create an opportunity for them to walk out of darkness into freedom.
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Freedom of expression is not absolute. Countries have laws that define the framework for exercising this right and which, for instance, condemn racist language.
