Hamza Yusuf Quotes
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I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I'm just trying to win games and give my team a chance, win as many as we can week in and week out.
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I run a solid 4-6 miles at a time, and over the last year two years I've gotten really into SoulCycle. It's sort of an evolved form of spinning.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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Be modest, be respectful of others, try to understand.
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I'd love to get into the hospitality industry, but I just don't have the time.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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Let's make Marco Rubio explain why he thinks oil companies should write our energy policy.
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I saw this thing years ago, where somebody filled a gymnasium with ping-pong balls and mousetraps. And then somebody threw just one more ping-pong ball in there, and literally, in five seconds, the room was popping. And then it was dead. And that's how it was with 'Dallas.' Just... 'boom!'
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The word 'retirement' doesn't really sit well with me. There comes a time when you reach a position in society or culture where people will not let you retire. You can say, 'Alright, I'm going to hang up my guitar,' but people will still not let you retire.
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If you've ever found yourself pushed to the limits of your tolerance... you find yourself doing some things that, from the outside, can be seen as quite insane.
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I was very candid in my book because I want people to know the truth... and that people can change for the better.
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Depression is the flaw in love. There's no such thing as love without the anticipation of loss. And that specter of despair can be the engine of intimacy.
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Radicalization is very easy when you mock what people hold dear.
