Elaine Sciolino Quotes
Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran's government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami's promise to promote women into high-profile positions.
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I got to do the movie, and people who enjoyed 'The Birdcage' came out to see me on stage when I did 'Forum.' It introduced me to a whole new audience that wasn't familiar with my stage work.
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I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
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It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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I miss baseball.
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Art lies by its own artifice.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I think there are so many ways to become interested in music. I believe signs of sustained interest gives a sense of the right time. Music, if thought of as a language, would perhaps indicate that as early as possible is not so bad. I do believe that a really nurturing first teacher that makes the child love something is crucial.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
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Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
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Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
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People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
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I am essentially a hack, a commercial person. If I had a hobby, I would immediately make money on it or abandon it.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Dialogue is something I don't get a lot of on 'Game of Thrones.'
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What really matters is what you do with what you have.
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I lost many literary battles the day I read 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.' I had to concede that occasionally aphorisms have their power. I had to give up the idea that Keats had a monopoly on the lyrical.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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Just as humans have a prior right to existence over dogs by virtue of being more highly evolved and having a superior consciousness, so women have a prior right to existence over men. The elimination of any male is, therefore, a righteous and good act, an act highly beneficial to women as well as an act of mercy.
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Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran's government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami's promise to promote women into high-profile positions.
