Hamza Yusuf Quotes
To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.
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It's insane that people have these Internet identities. It has very little to do with who we really are. As a writer, who I'm friends with, how I spend my time, what I look like, what I wear, what I eat, what kind of music I like - it's totally not important to the work.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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When I was little it was a great time for film-making, with stuff like Mike Nichols' 'Silkwood.' The films you see in that pre-secondary-school stage stay with you in a very particular way.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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Censorship is advertising paid by the government.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I am genuinely into soul, R&B and hip hop - all these genres that get slapped under the 'soul' genre. That spoke to me more than it did to my punk-rock friends. And punk spoke more to me than it did to my soul friends. I basically didn't fit comfortably in either world.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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Boxing, in the most general terms, is a poor man's sport. All you have is your hands to make a living.
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My dad was in the movie 'Moonwalker,' and I knew he could sing really well, but I didn't know he could act. I saw that, and I said, 'Wow. I want to be just like him.'
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It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful, high peaks.
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Geffen was never supportive of the band.
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Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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The fundamental problem is not that Trump has access to the nuclear launch codes, but that they exist at all.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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There's no place like home. And I do miss my home.
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Misdeeds of a few players and certain people cannot and should not bring bad name to hundreds of players who participated in the I.P.L. with full honesty. The reputation of the I.P.L. cannot be tarnished by a few greedy individuals.
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A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it's for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be.
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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
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To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.
