Karen Armstrong Quotes
Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
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Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I live in the Village, or in Chelsea.'
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On the Web, we can be whoever we wish to be, editing the face we show to others in ways that aren't possible in physical space. We can also fine-tune the complexity and depth of our interactions and relationships.
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You know, I'm an African-American quarterback. That may scare a lot of people because they – they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to.
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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Ultimately, the only people who are in any way edified by hanging with famous people are you at the age of 11 and your mom.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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Porridge and the urban lifestyle don't mix well.
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If I were the president, I would tape everything that is said around me and what I said, because we know how sometimes things get misconstrued.
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I'm like a beast. I just take it out on the track.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one.
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When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.
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It wasn't until I went to college and I got my first motorcycle that I understood the thrill of speed.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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In skating or any amateur sport, as athletes we share something in common: the cost of training is quite a burden on our parents or on the athletes themselves trying to find a way to pay for their costs.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I just think it's super amazing that the U.K. fans are so dedicated and loving. I love them, and being with them in person is an amazing feeling.
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There's this idea that artists are free and that means that we can do whatever we want to do. And it's very important to engage with this idea, just as human beings, that we are free to do what we wanna do. So the real question becomes, then, what do we wanna do? And as one gets to know oneself, one finds that there are things that return again and again that you wanna do.
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As I see it, the greatest responsibility of motherhood is to make sure that our children know that there are principles of kindness, compassion, integrity, excellence, and discipline.
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Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
