Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes
In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.
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Yeah, I have animosity, a chip on my shoulder. But I love, too.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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I was looking at my Instagram, and someone said to me, 'Who manages your Instagram?' I would never let anyone manage my Instagram! I enjoy it.
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Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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If we took information only from sources with which we agreed on all issues, we would be left with merely quoting ourselves, and we would miss a great deal of truth.
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I find a lot of young filmmakers make too much of an effort to be trendy and they can be pretentious.
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.
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I really enjoy playing that everyman part because that part is us, the audience. And you need somebody inside a comedy to tether the absurdity to reality.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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You never find peace in this realm, but it's okay, because when my dad went to the other side, he looks after me now better than he did in life. He is with me all the time.
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Things don't make me nearly as happy as talking and having a beer with my friends. And that's something everyone can do.
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I am unable to give my best if I don't have my best to give.
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In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.
