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I love the Middle East and have been lucky enough to visit a few of the countries like Egypt, Lebanon, Jordon and the U.A.E.


Nadia Ali

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ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
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NADIA COMANECI It's very hard to get to the top. It's hardest to stay at the top.
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NADIA COMANECI You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
NADIA COMANECI When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
NADIA COMANECI If I have a feeling of not trusting, I don't get too close.
NADIA COMANECI Enjoy the journey and try to get better every day. And don't lose the passion and the love for w...
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NADIA COMANECI Maybe that's why I like gymnastics - because I like to fly.
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NADIA BOULANGER Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.
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NADIA BOULANGER A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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NADIA BOLZ-WEBER The movement in our relationship to God is always from God to us. Always. We can't, through our piet...
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TARIQ ALI Power can shape 'truth,' but not forever.
TARIQ ALI The only continent where social movements have led to political parties that have pushed through ser...
TARIQ ALI When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather j...
TARIQ ALI The Greek city-states politicised citizen and subject, creating institutions that were way ahead of ...
TARIQ ALI Poland, after the First World War, was beset by chaos, disorder, and a foolish incursion by the Red ...
TARIQ ALI In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world h...
TARIQ ALI I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.
TARIQ ALI I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
IMTIAZ ALI Usually, you lose interest in a story beyond a certain point. But with 'Highway,' there was ...
IMTIAZ ALI I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
IMTIAZ ALI I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, a...
IMTIAZ ALI I'm not the 'look at me' kind of a person. I do not like showing off in public or writte...
IMTIAZ ALI I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as wel...
IMTIAZ ALI I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
IMTIAZ ALI I come from a middle class background. I have travelled a lot by trains and have lived in the world....
IMTIAZ ALI All the conscious decisions that I have taken in my life have never borne fruit. Not even come close...
IMTIAZ ALI I enjoy looking beyond the obvious and look at the stories happening all around me - you kind of for...
IMTIAZ ALI Anything I wanted to do and achieve has not been influential in my life, but my failures have.
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