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Deeyah Khan Quotes

Living through the intersections of cultural diversity has given me an intimate understanding of the dynamics of living between the dimensions of East and West, traditional and modern, and political and spiritual.

Deeyah Khan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: norwegian
Birth: August 7, 1977

Topics

Diversity Spiritual Me Political

I feel very lucky to have the freedom to do the things I want to do. And as I say, my clients are all my friends as well.

Robert Stigwood

Freedom Feel Friends Say Want Lucky

Mental illness, unfortunately, is an invisible disease: it's not seen or heard. For whatever reason, because of that, society has decided that if we can't see it, maybe it doesn't exist, so they want to just sweep it under the carpet or say, 'Snap out of it,' or that you're looking for attention.

Mauro Ranallo

Society Looking Attention You Want

I watched 'Mighty Ducks.' 'Slapshot' when I was a little older.

Sidney Crosby

Mighty Little Older Ducks Watched

In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things.

Rita Dove

Love Process Enjoy Things Working

Unless you stay focused on innovation, you can be disintermediated.

Ruth Porat

Innovation Stay Focused You Focused

One of the nice things about getting older is that you come to understand that you can integrate multiple aspects of your life together. When you're young, you think everything has to be binary, as that's exactly how you feel at that age.

Min Jin Lee

Life Age Together Getting Older You

A lot of people when I walk into meetings are like, 'Come on, let's talk more about 'X-Men.' What's it like to be Havok?' It certainly has been opening a lot of doors.

Lucas Till

Walk People Meetings Doors Talk

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how many people remember you when you die.

Jonathan Ross

People Win Win Or Lose Die Remember

The whole kind of post-World War I settlement that formed the modern Middle East is in danger of collapsing, and we can - we, the United States, you know, the preeminent power in the world - we can say that we want to ignore that, but how long can we avert our gaze? And how long can we stay out?

Dexter Filkins

Power War World Ignore Long You

Spend more time working before you write page one. Then, the story - at least parts of it - will feel as though it is writing itself.

Douglas Brunt

Time Writing Story Feel You Page

In China, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for your faith, getting together with other Christians is a lifeline and you'll risk anything for the privilege. No one attends church in China casually, or for a social advantage - quite the opposite.

Philip Yancey

Faith Together Church You Privilege

The calluses on your feet in space will eventually fall off. So, the bottoms of your feet become very soft like newborn baby feet. But the top of my feet develop rough alligator skin because I use the top of my feet to get around here on space station when using foot rails.

Scott Kelly

Space Baby Feet Fall Skin Become