Ayaan Hirsi Ali Quotes

Even with protection, even with death threats, I can publish, I can travel and I can live the life that I want and not the one my parents want or some imam somewhere thinks I should live.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: November 13, 1969

Topics

LifeLiveTravelDeathParentsWant

And you find as a writer there are certain spots on the planet where you write better than others, and I believe in that. And New Orleans is one of them.

Jimmy Buffett

BelieveBetterYouFindNewOthers

There are some people, no matter what they do, it turns out badly. They have a problem: either what they do is wrong or things that happen were wrong. I was president of a company like that; it was called Grid Computer.

John Morgridge

PeopleProblemWrongMatterCompany

You can't fool yourself anymore that your art is your art. When you're not getting paid for that song that's being traded back and forth among millions of people on the Internet, you have to think like a businessperson.

Ann Powers

ArtFoolYourselfPeopleSongThink

Charity is important; so is being fair and honest and honorable in your business - but you cannot mix the two.

Michael Hintze

BusinessCharityYouImportantFair

A lot of people are willing to pray or to put in work, but they're not willing to take true risks.

John Tesh

WorkRisksPeopleTrueTakePray

It's interesting in American culture. We like to build people up and then push them off the pedestal, and then we want to see them come back. Like Britney Spears, and a lot of people, it's what we do, and it's not like that in other parts of the world.

Simon Rex

CulturePeopleWorldAmericanPush

If you do every job like you're going to do it for the rest of your life, that's when you get noticed.

Mary Barra

LifeJobRestYouGoingGet

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

Janine Turner

ForgivenessPersonDesireForgiving

It doesn't really matter who owns things so long there is enough competition, which means lower pricing, better quality goods, more variety, and an economy where the consumers are the big winners.

Jose Angel Gurria

QualityCompetitionBetterEnough

The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows us to ignore is how each of those American companies is really in competition with the families of the workers. That's the real competition.

Arlie Russell Hochschild

FocusCompetitionAmericanIgnoreUs

To be successful, one must take chances.

Willie Stargell

ChanceSuccessfulTakeMustChances

I was a heathen Jewess with no bat mitzvah. Only the neurosis, the brown hair, and the self-deprecating humor. But being one of the only Jewish kids in my WASPy hometown definitely informed my perspective on the humor of being an outsider.

Susanna Fogel

HumorPerspectiveHairHometownKids

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