Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.
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If other people want to say that I'm the next person in boxing, then that's up to them. That's their opinion.
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I'm not in the K-1 tournament. We thought about it but they really don't want me as they feel I might get hurt so that's fine with me but I do see a lot of guys out there that I feel I can take.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.
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I don't want to scrounge around and be homeless, and I want to finish my education.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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Producing is hell, writing is frustrating, acting is really satisfying, directing is heaven.
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Maybe if Graziano make another work or another sport I wouldn't have had this passion to be a rider.
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
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I wanted to write about my mother as she should have been if she had not been messed up by World War I.
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All those calls and meetings were fire fighting. I remind myself. No fires, no fighting. Now, everything is running smoothly— almost too smoothly.
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The moon does not think to be reflected, nor does the water think to reflect, in the Hirosawa Pond.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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Conferences at the top level are always courteous. Name-calling is left to the foreign ministers.
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My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.
