Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes
A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.
Quotes to Explore
-
Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
-
Any musician - I would say 99% of musicians - needs some help along the way. Most people, even if they're self-produced, have someone else mix it, or they'll have someone else master the record. Inevitably, it's like somebody else's personality being put into your art.
-
Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.
-
I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
-
My favorite movie is 'Iron Man.' I tell people that I think it's just as good as 'Dark Knight,' if not better, and people tell me I'm crazy. I really like 'Iron Man.'
-
My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
-
Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
-
The wonderful drama teacher at my high school, Barbara Patterson, saw me standing in the hall and told me I should audition for 'West Side Story.' I guess she thought I looked like a gang member.
-
I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
-
Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
-
This is what I love to do. And if pressure is something that comes with playing good golf, that's something a professional golfer has to handle.
-
The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
-
It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
-
There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and governs them with the same energy by which He created them.
-
I think if a girl is easy to talk to then that's the first thing I look for. It's great when you meet a girl and three hours later you're like, 'Oh my gosh, we've been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?'
-
Intellectuals would be much more accepted now than in the '40s.
-
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
-
I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.
-
Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch
-
I could not be one of those actors who stays in character all day long. I'd go mad.
-
Time is really for those who really need it. I mean, I deal with it. A lot of people are slaves to the second, minute hand. I can't do that!
-
We are each the authors of our own lives, Emma. We live in what we have created. There is no way to shift the blame and no one else to accept the accolades.
-
A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.
