Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes

I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically on the stereo, my German-American mother fingering 'The Lost Chord' on the piano as golden light sank through trees, my Palestinian father trilling in Arabic in the shower each dawn.

Naomi Shihab Nye

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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.

Pat Boone
- Men
- Women
- Children
On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.

Basmah bint Saud
- Women
- Will
- Rights
Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.

Patrice Motsepe
- World
- Succeed
- Youth
I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?

Idina Menzel
- Time
- Good
- Sleep
Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.

J. J. Watt
- Different
- Team
- Kind
By and large my relations with the US were good.

Hans Blix
- Good
- U.S.
- Large