Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes
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His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was always in the right.
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When you're a pro athlete, life is very narcissistic - everything relates back to you and how you play. When you are getting out of pro sports, you suddenly have to get a little more mindful of what's going on around you and how you affect the rest of the world.
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Canada is a big part of my life.
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My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
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Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune.
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I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.
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Books that change you, even later in life, give you a kind of electrical shock as the world takes a different shape.
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I've always been aware of my health - when you are having to go on stage and perform, you need to be feeling good - but when I was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, I became really, really conscious of my health.
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Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.
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I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
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My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations that are not always comfortable. Through her example, I discovered that there is no more beautiful way to live a life than to live a life of service.
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New experiences give you new perspectives on life.
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I think 'Indiana Jones' was a lot of fun to do because of the places we went to and the adventures and the action. But Han Solo was also a huge part of my life.
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There is little life where no one will listen. These are fathers, sons and families who are needlessly lost.
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Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life.
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I thought my life would be different somehow I thought my life would be better by now But it's not, and I don't know where to turn
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In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.
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Whenever you're at a poker table - and you're betting all of your chips - you're worried, you're scared. Is it the right play? Have I thought through all the angles? That's what stinks about life and business in general. If I had to calculate 100% certainty on every deal I did, I literally would do zero deals.
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Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.
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This will make widows wince. But fictive things Wink as they will. Wink most when widows wince.
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The best stories in our culture have some sort of subversiveness - Mark Twain, 'Catcher in the Rye.' You provide kids with great stories and teach them how to use the tools to make their own.
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Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.
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Failure in life does not matter; the greatest misfortune is standing still.
