Top 381 Quotes & Sayings by Iraqi Authors - Page 4
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We blocked them inside the city. Their rear is blocked.
I spend the majority of my time in the office and I usually wear a casual bandage dress and flip-flops or slippers.
I was elected prime minister in 2014 under incredibly difficult circumstances: A third of the country was overrun by terrorists, the economy was struggling, people were divided by sectarianism, and relations with the wider world were strained.
I fell in love with Instagram.
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.
The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages.
Our plan is to struggle against terrorism and have security for the country and help draft a democratic constitution as soon as possible.
We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.
I am afraid that Yazidis and Yazidism will vanish and will not be able to resist the extremists.
I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.
I was only one of hundreds of thousands of Yazidi victims.
I never thought, in my life, I'd be sold. It's painful to say, as a human, 'I was sold.'
Being a Middle Eastern girl in America with a name no one could pronounce was not easy, so I turned to make-up and cosmetics as a way to deal with my insecurities, thus creating my long-term relationship with beauty.
We know now data is so powerful, and you can learn so much about yourself and creating product with data.
Our gratitude to the American people is immense and we should never be embarrassed to express it.
You know the most important thing the Americans did for Iraq apart from liberating the country from Saddam was helping Iraq reduce its debt. The United States worked very hard to reduce 80 percent of Iraqi debt.
My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.
If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
I drink bullet coffee, and I make it myself because I hate coffee. I get a shot of raw coffee, mix it with butter from grass-fed cows and coconut milk. It's amazing!
I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.
We should have a banquet on the day haters die.
Enough of this occupation, terror and abuse. We are not in need of your help. We are able to combat and defeat terrorism, and achieve unity. We are not in need of your bases, your experience and etc.
In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for them. This phenomenon has never been related to how rich, poor, successful or not successful the woman may be.
It was my dream to have a beauty parlour in our village and to live near my family in Sinjar.
Fun gets people going; fun gets people excited.
I don't think that they have many of the scientists who were involved in the weapons program to talk to at this time, and there were thousands of people, engineers and scientists, they know where the weapons are.
What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?
At the end of the day, Iraq was a part of the fight against terrorism.
We didn't grow up superwealthy.
Politics is its own world. It is a court and if the king's eye lights on you, you are a powerful figure. If the king's eye wanders elsewhere, you are out, whatever your title.
Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them away from the leaders under feeble and dirty pretexts?
There is no rivalry between Google and traditional advertising.
Our goal at Huda Beauty is to inspire anyone and everyone to create their own idea of beautiful with all of the products we offer.
There should be no place for terrorism and extremist ideas in post-ISIS Iraq. We must join forces in building our country; we must contribute together to achieve security, stability, and prosperity for the benefit of all Iraqis.
There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.
Huda Beauty is doing so well, we've grown like crazy.
When you think you've made it, you need to keep pushing because the person next to you or your competitor is also getting better, and you need to be able to stay ahead.
My husband and I love the saying, success is not owned. It's rented, and rent is due every single day, and I really and truly believe that.
The U.S. will ignore the opinion of the Iraqi people and it will compose the new government according to its own desires.
All in all, 18 individuals from my family are missing, including my six brothers and my mother, my brothers' wives, my nephews and nieces.
I did more than anyone else in persuading the U.S. to get rid of Saddam.
No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
The Americans stabbed in the back the forces that worked to bring about the collapse of Saddam's regime and wanted to keep Iraq a sovereign country.
Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money.
I basically shop in my sleep!
The essence of parenthood is to make children think that they are the most handsome, intelligent, brilliant person in the world.
Daesh will not give up their weapons unless we force them to give up their weapons.
I realized that my purpose really is to inspire people.
As a kid, I never felt attractive at all.
Speaking up for America has become a lonely ordeal.
Whenever Daesh loses territory, of course this brings me happiness.
I was a farmer, a villager, and I was born to be such.
The Iraqi constitution is clear in two articles: one says that Iraq is united, and the second one prevents any legislation or acts that impact its unity even from the regional side.
The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations. The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place.
We are losing each day an average 50 to 60 people throughout the country, if not more. If this is not civil war, then God knows what civil war is.
I have a red line against the Americans.
We are safer, the region is safer, the world is safer without Saddam.
Poetry can't cure cancer, but it can save your life until you die.
I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I was taught by the women. They had gone through hell, but they would dance and sing. I came to realise I can't argue for a happy world if I am not happy myself.