Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
Only kindness that raises its head from the crowd of the world to say it is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.Naomi Shihab Nye
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
Val Kilmer -
It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
Ian McLagan Small Faces -
There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
Rachel Cusk -
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
Pamela Stephenson -
There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
Hamish Bowles -
Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
Francia Raisa
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Oliver Tambo -
I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.
Vanilla Ice -
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
Ramana Maharshi -
America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
Ferdinand Mount -
Pure geometrical regularity gives a certain pleasure to men troubled by the obscurity of outside appearance. The geometrical line is something absolutely distinct from the messiness, the confusion, and the accidental details of existing things.
T. E. Hulme -
I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
Walter Becker Steely Dan
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
Karlie Kloss -
When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
Kangana Ranaut -
Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel -
I'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
Abu Bakar Bashir -
We need to become good citizens in the global village, instead of competing. What are we competing for - to drive more cars, eat more steaks? That will destroy the world.
Yuan T. Lee
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As a nation, America is at its best when we are thinking and making things and exporting to the world.
Amy Klobuchar -
I live in a rather special world. I only know one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don't know. They're outside my ken. But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them.
Pauline Kael -
As the skipping rope hit the pavement, so did the ball. As the rope curved over the head of the jumping child, the child with the ball caught the ball. Down came the ropes. Down came the balls. Over and over again. Up. Down. All in rhythm. All identical. Like the houses. Like the paths. Like the flowers
Madeleine L'Engle -
Building a solid organ like the liver in the lab is different and harder than with an organ like the bladder because solid organs are very vascular.
Anthony Atala -
Only kindness that raises its head from the crowd of the world to say it is I you have been looking for, and then goes with you everywhere like a shadow or a friend.
Naomi Shihab Nye