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		The word "surrender" is often interpreted as giving up, as weakness, as admitting defeat. Although this is one way to use the word, we will use it in a different way. Surrendering means letting go of your resistance to the total openness of who you are. It means giving up the tension of the little vortex you believe yourself to be and realizing the deep power of the ocean you truly are. It means to open with no boundaries, emotional or physical, so you ease wide beyond any limiting sense of self you might have.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Deida 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Hamza Yusuf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no way to peace; peace is the way. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. J. Muste 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abraham Lincoln 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harold Pinter 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Harold Prince 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		By doing, you become employable. It doesn't matter what the job is; by working, you learn new things, meet new people and are exposed to new ideas. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		I remember liking Betty White a lot. It was one of those things as a little child actress, you get inspired by experienced actresses and actresses that reach out to you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ariana Richards 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Seven years ago, my father and I realized that our relationship was extremely unique, especially in the African-American community. He raised me to not only understand the fundamentals of basketball and to try to be a player with a high basketball IQ, but he wanted me to understand that my image and my name meant more than stats. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Allan Houston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We are trying to persuade people that no human has yet grasped 1% of what can be known about spiritual realities. So we are encouraging people to start using the same methods of science that have been so productive in other areas, in order to discover spiritual realities. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				John Templeton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		'We know a little place in the American Far West, where Charlie Briggs chops up the finest prairie-fed beef and tastes...' (pauses, and continues with a note of disgust in his voice) This is a lot of shit, you know that! You want one more? One more on the beef? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orson Welles 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Allen Klein 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The word "surrender" is often interpreted as giving up, as weakness, as admitting defeat. Although this is one way to use the word, we will use it in a different way. Surrendering means letting go of your resistance to the total openness of who you are. It means giving up the tension of the little vortex you believe yourself to be and realizing the deep power of the ocean you truly are. It means to open with no boundaries, emotional or physical, so you ease wide beyond any limiting sense of self you might have. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				David Deida