Asma Jahangir Quotes

When the Bangladesh war happened, people in Pakistan who did not support it were called unpatriotic. My father was in the jail at that time, and a lot of those who knew my family used to call us children of a traitor.

Asma Jahangir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: pakistani
  • Birth: January 27, 1952 - February 11, 2018

Topics

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I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.

John Glenn

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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

John Galsworthy

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Science began as one of the noblest expressions of man's reason. It will continue to serve humanity so long as it never forgets that human beings remain the heart of its purpose.

Robert Kennedy

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A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love songs that you have to learn one melody for a three-minute thing, and nothing ever repeats. I like that.

Jeff Buckley

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I'm not real good at romance.

Jeff Bridges

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That makes no sense for someone to say if they were drafted by their country, that they'd say no.

Mitt Romney

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I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

Lucinda Williams

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You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

Johnny Isakson

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I played for a lot of teams in my career, and I check all their results every Saturday, or at least the ones who haven't gone bust. But it's always Hearts first. They're the club who've really seeped into me.

Drew Busby

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What I find problematic is the suggestion that when, say, Madonna adopts an African child, she is saving Africa. It's not that simple. You have to do more than go there and adopt a child or show us pictures of children with flies in their eyes. That simplifies Africa.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Whitney Houston and Ella Fitzgerald are my musical mothers. I learned everything I know about true R&B, pop and jazz singing from these stunning performers and unparalleled musicians.

Ciara Renee

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Loving oneself isn't hard, when you understand who and what 'yourself' is. It has nothing to do with the shape of your face, the size of your eyes, the length of your hair or the quality of your clothes. It's so beyond all of those things and it's what gives life to everything about you. Your own self is such a treasure.

Phylicia Rashad

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