Pir Vilayat Khan Quotes
You are a true representative of the spirituality of our home, India. Ever since I met you for the first time, the link between us has always grown in strength. I want to say how much I value the meaning of that bond, because it is one of true dedication to the service of God.
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'.
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There aren't traditions of freedom in a place like Iraq. They're going to have to come to grips with a concept that they hadn't been allowed to conceive before.
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I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.
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The thing that makes the great players great, and that separates players from different players is, when you going out there whether being prepared or not, you have to react. And if you're thinking, you're already a step behind.
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The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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We've seen what happens when it serves a president's interest to flaunt his faith - which is almost inevitably does, since every poll affirms that Americans want their leader to submit to some higher power.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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I'm getting rid of this idea that you want people to like you. I'm making decisions on what feels right to me. To act in a more carnal way. That's my challenge.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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Van Gogh never made a penny in his entire lifetime. He painted because it was his soul, his excitement. It was what aligned him with his Source of being. It's the same with me and writing.
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I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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I just keep active - everything that's challenging me, everything that I feel like doing.
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To be the first British athlete to win a gold is amazing, but to win it in the U.K. is something else. Also, having my family here with me has made it extra special, and I know all my friends back home have been cheering me on and putting posters in their windows. I want to thank them all.
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Ambition is frequently the only refuge which life has left to the denied or mortified affections. We chide at the grasping eye, the daring wing, the soul that seems to thirst for sovereignty only, and know not that the flight of this ambitious bird has been from a bosom or home that is filled with ashes.
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Alix MacKenzie had stopped teaching because we had a child and she stayed home to take care of the baby, and I taught.
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Solace is my favorite song. It was the last song we wrote for the record. It was right when we really started to mesh as far as music goes and we started really connecting with each other.
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As the founder and former chief executive of two publicly traded companies, I have had a great deal of exposure to how debt markets work.
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You are a true representative of the spirituality of our home, India. Ever since I met you for the first time, the link between us has always grown in strength. I want to say how much I value the meaning of that bond, because it is one of true dedication to the service of God.
