Dalia Mogahed Quotes
I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.
Quotes to Explore
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies.
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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I guess I'm lucky that I've been able to play a wide range of parts and a wide range of types of productions - I haven't felt much typecasting.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I wasn't in shape at all before I decided to do boxing. I wasn't an athlete. Before boxing, I would go to the gym for a month and stop.
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I was given the task of I.P.L. Chairmanship which I tried to perform to the best of my abilities. The tournament was organised well despite all the controversies. The stadiums were jam-packed, which proved that I.P.L. was still popular.
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Someone who knew me when I was 14 said I was the oldest 14-year-old on the planet. Now I'm a 14-year-old who is 60.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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The wonderful thing about being an American writer is you've got this vastness to draw from.
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Whenever we had career day at elementary school, and we could dress up like what you wanted to be, when I got on stage, mine was playing major league baseball.
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I write for young people because I like them and because I think they are important. Children's books can be mind-stretchers and imagination-ticklers and builders of good taste in a way that adult books cannot, because young people usually come to books with more open minds. It's exciting to be able to contribute to that in a small way.
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When we talk about Techstars, we think of it as this worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed.
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A woman is never going to get to be Bond or Doctor Who. That will never happen.
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I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.
