Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes
In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Like many other tourists, I'm afraid I fell in love with Paris at first sight.
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The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.
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My work isn't any more important than anything else in the family.
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So the thing that's beautiful about the Rolleiflex is that I open the camera up from the top and put my face in and that the camera's all about composition and all about light.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
