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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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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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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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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We used to go to the pictures every Saturday night but we had to leave a little bit early and get home and watch Match of the Day - and my wife still complains she missed the last five minutes of every film we saw.
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It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.
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A prison becomes a home when you have the key.
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Compassion is the key in Islam and Buddhism and Judaism and Christianity. They are profoundly similar.
