Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes
I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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Many people think that the U.S. is ahead in the frontier technology sectors as a result of private sector entrepreneurship. It's not. The U.S. federal government created all these sectors.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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I'm more of a guy's girl. I like having a beer in a bar, and I don't bicker or sit down and do my nails.
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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Everything can be satirized.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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If you employ an army, have money, bombard cyberspace with misinformation, innocent people tend to buy it.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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It's rare for artists to really stare deeply at themselves in the mirror, literally, because there's constantly a mirror on you.
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Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte.
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There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when we are least able to pay for them.
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Horses, in secret, love hats more than any other creature. It is a horse’s tragedy that they can never properly wear one.
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I think whenever you love something or somebody it means that you have to extend yourself, you have to grow - get a little larger. You can't stay in your little comfortable - spot.
