Asma Jahangir Quotes

There have always been difficult situations for activists in Pakistan. In the 1960s, people fought for linguistic and ethnic rights in relation to the Bangladesh movement and the struggle of the people in the western Balochistan province.

Asma Jahangir

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Luther King's success and the crusade of others. I think we kind of breathed a sigh of relief as if we had achieved the end of racial discrimination or white supremacy.

Jimmy Carter

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It seems there is no area in our culture that is not touched, changed, even swallowed by the Internet. It's both medium and message, mass and personal, social and solitary.

John Battelle

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I'm an introverted extrovert. My job sets me apart, but I'm not hammy and don't need attention.

Jeremy Scott

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It's OK to fail once in awhile.

John Gourley

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One of the main reasons that the landscape of financial stuff in America is different is that gambling is illegal there. So there's a kind of sport-like aspect to the American coverage of finance.

John Lanchester

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When I step back and look at all of these really successful people that I've worked with, one thing I do take away from it is how hard they work and how focused they are.

Mia Wasikowska

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I love blue in all its shades and textures. I wear navy like others wear black, and I love the blue in flowers - cornflowers, delphiniums.

Tory Burch

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As the director, you have it in your mind how you want the part done, how you want someone to do it, and so sometimes you just say, 'Why don't I do it myself?' So for a little role, I'll just do it.

Jonathan Krisel

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Venture capitalists buy minority positions in young companies they think will grow quickly; buy-out investors buy most or all of companies they think can be turned around by fixing a few basic things.

Jose Ferreira

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When I'm sick, all I want to do is curl up in a ball and sleep for days!

Ashlan Gorse Cousteau

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The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it.

Alfred North Whitehead

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I love dabbling in different genres, and I like being good at different genres of cinema.

Priyanka Chopra

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