Karen Armstrong Quotes
Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
Quotes to Explore
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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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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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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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What people can survive and what they don't survive is shocking to me. Someone can go to Iraq and be blown to bits and survive. Someone can trip and fall on the street and they die – that's that.
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I like to think that the Grand Prix helped Long Beach to pretty much change its image.
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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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The purpose of all the major religious traditions is not to construct big temples on the outside, but to create temples of goodness and compassion inside, in our hearts.
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Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
