Asma Jahangir Quotes
My family has equally suffered abductions, attacks and life threats, but I have continued my struggle for justice.
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I was funny around my family. My family, they're pretty funny, too.
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Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
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The family teaches us about the importance of knowledge, education, hard work and effort. It teaches us about enjoying ourselves, having fun, keeping fit and healthy.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
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I've got a great support system, starting with my wife and family, to my agent, my instructor, and my mental coach.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.
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Death in its natural state can be very beautiful. When you think about a body that's died of natural causes - family taking care of it - all of that is very beautiful.
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I have one son. Of everything I've done in my life, nothing matches the feeling of having life growing inside you.
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I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.
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People who have a sense of peace that their priorities are in the right place also have a sense of humility and a realistic view on life.
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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.
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Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.
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I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.
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I have spent my life paying attention to my art form, developing my art form, worrying about my show and what I'm bringing to people, making sure that I give them a fine trade.
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If you know how to make software, then you can create big things.
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Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back.
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I am so blessed that all I've done in my professional life, since I was 17-18, is play music and somehow make a dollar here and there.
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I think there are too many bosses in Washington telling Nashville Diesel College and Harvard University how to run - how to run their campuses, and I'd like to reduce the number of Washington regulations on higher education and keep this marketplace of wonderful institutions among which students can choose; that's oriented toward job growth.
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Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
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If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.
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People hate it when they're tickled because laughter is not pleasant, if it goes on too long. I think it's a desperate sort of convulsion in desperate circumstances, which helps a little.
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My family has equally suffered abductions, attacks and life threats, but I have continued my struggle for justice.
