Elif Safak Quotes
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Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.
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The amazing thing about being a dad is to be able to look at your child and realize that the universe is so much bigger than you.
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The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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Success is not about how much money we have in the bank, but it's about how many peoples' lives we have impacted through it. Success is experienced when we do things which are never done before.
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It's very trying on a marriage when you're doing a one hour show, week after week after week. You don't have enough time for people that maybe you should have top priority.
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But it is a hard, it's a hard profession teaching acting.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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I have never worn dresses by grands couturiers.
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It's unfortunate. Title IX is rather simple: don't discriminate on the basis of sex.
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I can't stop being in parades. I just love dancing on floats that move really slowly on the city streets in the early morning.
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I think it's very dangerous for an actor to take shooting too seriously because I think it could really damage you if you do that.
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I admire actors that consistently challenge themselves and play a wide range of different roles. Every actor has a reason for being an actor... it's boring to play the same person over and over again. People like Daniel Day Lewis, who completely transform time and time again, I look up to.
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The biggest challenge for me, for all of us, was that the consumer-credit market was very, very new for India and for ICICI. I was trying to create something that was not just new for me but absolutely unknown to the organization and the country as a whole.
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We need a dose of doubt and a dose of faith, to challenge each other.
