Mona Eltahawy Quotes

As a woman in Saudi Arabia, you have one of two options. You either lose your mind - which at first happened to me because I fell into a deep depression - or you become a feminist.

Mona Eltahawy

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DepressionWomanMindMeDeepLose

I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed.

Jill Abramson

CollegeMePoliticalJournalismNews

Always wear cute pyjamas to bed, you'll never know who u will meet in your dreams.

Joel Madden

DreamsCuteYour DreamsYouMeet

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

Stephen Kinzer

WiseEnemyEmotionAlways

The world is far more interconnected today. Hence the need to understand each other is greater than ever before.

Ronnie Chan

TodayWorldUnderstandMoreNeed

'Catholic writer' seems like you have an agenda of evangelization, as if you were somehow influenced in your choice of perspective by dogma or canon law. That has nothing to do with me. I don't have a lot in common with other 'Catholic' writers.

Mary Gordon

PerspectiveMeLawYouChoiceSeems

I want to be a good person. I don't want to fail. I want to learn from my mistakes, rid myself of distractions, and run into the arms of Jesus. Most of the time, however, I feel like I am running away from Jesus into the arms of my own clutteredness.

Mike Yaconelli

GoodTimeMyselfMistakesI AmFeel

Historically, Islam was hijacked about 20 or 30 years after the Prophet and interpreted in such a way that the ruler has absolute power and is accountable only to God. That, of course, was a very convenient interpretation for whoever was the ruler.

Mohamed ElBaradei

GodPowerIslamWayInterpretation

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

Woodrow Wilson

ThinkWorthYouToo MuchDifficult

When I tell stories about Iraq, the ones people react to are always the stories of violence. This is strange for me.

Phil Klay

PeopleMeViolenceStrangeReact

When traveling, I like Urth Caffe in L.A. for eggs Benedict with prosciutto or Balthazar in New York, where I order duck shepherd's pie.

Poppy Delevingne

New YorkDuckPieNewEggsShepherd

As good as that first year in Ring of Honor was, the second year was really, really bad for me. In retrospect, it was great for me, but at the time, it was a tough situation to be in. I didn't have anyone around to mentor me where I needed to be.

Seth Rollins

GoodGreatTimeMeToughHonor

There is no singing anymore, everything is yelling and shouting and rapping and that is real boring to a guy like me.

Sebastian Bach

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