Asma Jahangir Quotes
As a lawyer, many a time I took up difficult and sensitive cases dealing with minorities' and women's rights. Yes, I constantly receive threats, and to be very honest, at times it is very scary. But I have to continue my work.

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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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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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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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Credit you give yourself is not worth having.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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Before 2000, we were unable to design a single car; all the cars were designed in Japan, Europe or somewhere else. We were just converting.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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Music Box has proven itself in a few short years to be a cutting edge distributor with a sophisticated understanding of both the market and cinema.
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Obama's presidency hasn't been dedicated to achieving economic growth in the short term, or about creating jobs.
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The field of ageing research is full of characters. We have hucksters claiming that cures for ageing can be bought and sold; prophetic seers, their hands extended for money, warning that immortality is nigh; and would-be Nobelists working methodically in laboratories in search of a pill to slow ageing.
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If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.
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I've spent the better part of my career in politics and public policy working on and fighting for education reforms.
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I like to talk to people and, obviously, to photograph them.
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As a lawyer, many a time I took up difficult and sensitive cases dealing with minorities' and women's rights. Yes, I constantly receive threats, and to be very honest, at times it is very scary. But I have to continue my work.