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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Take chances, find your voice in fashion, and find what you like, and find what makes you feel good, and do that.
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One's ignorance is one's chief asset.
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I don't know if I could rebuild an airplane engine, but I know a little bit about rotors and rivets.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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To the solace of his name, simply saying 'Muhammad' has an incredibly soothing effect on me.
