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Asma Jahangir Quotes

My father was jailed off and on for seven years.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Father Years Off Seven Jailed

I always played games with my friends, but as I got older, my friends stopped playing.

Friends Games Always Playing Got

When I grew up, my father taught us the value of hard work. He wanted us to enjoy ourselves, but he also wanted to know what it took to be successful. He coached a lot of our sports teams growing up. We weren't very good, but we learned about hard work and enjoying life and your teammates.

Life Work Hard Work Good Father

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

Robert M. Hutchins

Criticism Trade Must Only Schools

I blame the Russians for a lot, but pinning the creation of ISIS on them is a murky, tenuous, triple-carom bank shot at best.

Best Blame Creation Bank Shot Them

I might not be a great athlete, but I think I'm a real good football player.

Good Great Football Think Athlete

We can live frugally. The less you work, the less you spend and the more time you have for loafing about. But when I put forward this simple notion, I was greeted with a volley of resentment.

Work Live Time Simple Forward You

I'm no snapshot artist. I make very careful choices always, even if I'm using a 35mm camera.

Choices Camera Artist Always Careful

For riding a snowmobile, you need to have your knee bent. It needs to absorb the impact of riding over bumps, to allow yourself to stand up or sit down, balance side to side.

Yourself Balance Stand Up Impact You

For about 30 years, Halloween was taken over by pranksters. By the '30s, pranks were causing cities millions of dollars of damage. They considered banning Halloween in many cities, but instead, parents got together and came up with party ideas for kids, and a lot of them involved dressing up and costuming.

Together Parents Ideas Party Over

I am possessive and protective of my babies. Their happiness means more to me than anything else on this world. I love them more than I would ever have thought was possible.

Love Happiness I Am Me World More

I was an altar boy and heard the Bible being read out repeatedly. The stories have stayed with me, although they're completely remixed in my head. And often, when I do further reading, I'm quite surprised by the difference between the real story and my memory of the story.

Memory Me Bible Reading Story Boy

You have to strike while the iron is hot. You have to take downtime to see friends and family, but my passion is acting: pursuing those scary, challenging characters and working with passionate people.

Family Passion Friends And Family You

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