Asma Jahangir Quotes

Fortunately, when Benazir Bhutto was prime minister, she banned public whipping of women - banned whipping of women, period, which is a marvelous thing she did.

Asma Jahangir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenShePrimeDidMarvelousThing

That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they come back and buy more of it?

Jim Barksdale

BusinessBackSituationProductMore

From NASA putting a man on the moon to DARPA developing what later became the Internet, the U.S. government, through a host of different public agencies, has provided direct financing not only of basic research but also public venture capital; both Apple and Tesla have received direct public funding.

Jens Martin Skibsted

ManGovernmentMoonResearchApple

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.

Jennifer Aniston

TimePartnerYouDownWantOver

Cooking, you can keep. I've not the slightest interest in it.

Maxine Peake

CookingYouInterestKeepSlightest

It's like freedom of speech - they can't tell you not to do it. When no one will put you on at a club or venue, you can go to the street, just start singing, and get a lot of good feedback from people as they walk by. I got really good at lip reading and seeing if a song is working. It was a good way to start.

Andy Grammer

GoodFreedomWalkPeopleSongStart

I know for a fact if I were a white English fighter, maybe I would have been a superstar in Britain - and the world.

Amir Khan

WorldWhiteKnowFighterEnglish

Great negotiations happen when people are relaxed, so a relaxing environment is important. A high-energy environment tenses people up. It closes them up. You're not as likely to get that concession.

Jon Taffer

GreatPeopleEnvironmentYouUpGet

I just want to see a good movie. Fortunately, good movies come in all sorts of genres.

Colin Cunningham

GoodWantMoviesSeeGood Movie

I wrote a spec script that people really liked: a political serial based on Jeffrey's Toobin's 'A Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.' It was the first thing I had ever written with any political subject matter in it.

Peter Gould

PeoplePoliticalMatterFirstVast

I have seen lonely people of advancing age, yet as constant as angels, keeping faith to those they loved who fell in wars that current generations, not having known them, cannot even forget. The sight of them moving hesitantly among the tablets and crosses is enough to break your heart.

Mark Helprin

AgeFaithHeartPeopleMovingLoved

The entire trendy foodie world - food writing, food television, celebrated restaurants - is all about food for the rich. But the most important food issue is how to feed the poor or the hardworking middle class.

Mark Kurlansky

FoodWritingWorldRichTelevision

You never have any idea where your movie's going to go when you're shooting - you're in this little bubble.

Morten Tyldum

YouGoBubbleNeverShootingLittle

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