Daniel Pipes Quotes
There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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It's not that I don't want a fast car. I like the speed. I'm just not the type of person who finds a sports car a sexy car.
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I lived in New York for seven years, although I was always in denial about it. Even though I had an apartment there, I always pretended I was just visiting. I do love New York. But I'm a Londoner at heart.
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I love America a lot. I really do.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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I didn't like my hair and makeup one time on a photo shoot, and my publicist told me, 'You should just be happy with it - they haven't had a black girl on the cover since forever.' She's no longer my publicist.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.
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Transsexualism is far less common than homosexuality, and the research is in its infancy. Scattered studies have looked at brain activity, finger size, familial recurrence, and birth order.
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
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Fairy tales are with us day in and day out, not just in commercials, but references in the theater, movies, museums, schools, etc.
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I was called to audition for a play when I was very young, following which I continued to act as well as write and direct. When I moved to Delhi and joined Hindu College, theatre became a very big part of my life.
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I've struggled a lot for what I have today.
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I remember, when I was a kid, my summers were pretty much running around, riding your bike, and then complaining about you were bored.
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Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!
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Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
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I love to perform at benefits and charity fundraisers.
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There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life.
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Even we schoolchildren know that ordinary diplomats don't drive around in unmarked cars carrying Glock pistols.
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The FCC can and indeed should do more to protect the Internet as the free and open environment people have come to expect and depend on - which is why we need to stand up to attacks on the FCC's authority.
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Starting at a certain point, the future is only a need to live in the past. To immediately redo the grammatical tenses.
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Jacques Ellul suggested too much information creates a confused sense of impotence: The infinite multiplicity of facts that I am given about each situation makes it impossible for me to choose or decide. I thus adopt the general attitude of letting things take their course. But the course that things take is essentially that of the process of technical development. . . . The more the number and power of means of intervention increase, the more the aptitude and ability and will to intervene diminishes. . . . Information is the main carrier of contraception.
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There is no problem with Islam itself or with the Muslims, but these are difficult times, and the difficulty stems from radical Islam.
