Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes
The religion of the Sufi is the religion of the heart. The principal moral of the Sufi is to consider the heart of others, so that in the pleasure and displeasure of his fellow-man he sees the pleasure and displeasure of God.
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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I personally don't like to rehearse so much. I really sort of trust my instinct.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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The world is always terrible.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.
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I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.
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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.
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I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York.
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But when I came back into the city for the first time last November, I thought every truck, every building was going to blow up. It has truly changed me something fierce.
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The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.
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It is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard;It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word.
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The blind old man of Scio's rocky isle.
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When I play live in restaurants and cafes, I don't play my own stuff. I play jazz and 'American Songbook' standards, and I'll fuse it with top 40.
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There are still states that have not evolved so much as California, that still skimp on recognition and, even worse, the rights of immigrants.
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If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals.
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It's bizarre, that feeling as an actor, at being in the mecca of the film world and seeing billboards for a TV show that you're in pretty much everywhere.
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After drama school I did a seven-month tour of Europe performing in 'Romeo and Juliet.' I played Romeo.
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I'm interested in the cosmos. I want to know what's out there and how connected we are.
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If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.
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I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.
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Now color - it is to this remark that I wished to lead - is the flower of fine modelling. These two qualities always accompany each other, and it is these qualities which give to every masterpiece of the sculptor the radiant appearance of living flesh.
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Whether I'm running up and down the field or running errands, I make it a point to ensure that my skin is protected.
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The religion of the Sufi is the religion of the heart. The principal moral of the Sufi is to consider the heart of others, so that in the pleasure and displeasure of his fellow-man he sees the pleasure and displeasure of God.
