Rumi Quotes
First, when I was apart from you, this world did not exist, nor any other. Second, whatever I was looking for was always you.
Quotes to Explore
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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I went to a Steiner School, which is very small and nurturing and creative, so I felt like I was in an environment where I could mature. There was less of the clique-y stuff, which can really make high school a living hell for a lot of people, going on, so I was very similar then to who I am now. I'm still a dork.
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What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt of this world rests.
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Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.
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Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
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When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.
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The ultimate search engine would basically understand everything in the world, and it would always give you the right thing. And we're a long, long ways from that.
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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.
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My parents armed me with an amazing sense of humor, and it's what you need when, well, it's what anyone needs in this world.
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This world was not created piecemeal. Africa was born no later and no earlier than any other geographical area on this globe. Africans, no more and no less than other men, possess all human attributes, talents and deficiencies, virtues and faults.
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Songs for me are like a message in a bottle. You send them out to the world, and maybe the person who you feel that way about will hear about it someday.
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I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
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What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.
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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.
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Prayer is commission. Out of the quietness with God, power is generated that turns the spiritual machinery of the world. When you pray, you begin to feel the sense of being sent, that the divine compulsion is upon you.
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The Human Rights Organisation deceives the world by calling itself a human rights council.
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The horrors of the Second World War, the chilling winds of the Cold War and the crushing weight of the Iron Curtain are little more than fading memories. Ideals that once commanded great loyalty are now taken for granted.
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Don't let your heart get broken by this world.
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The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
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There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
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That was really cool. I got to kiss a little boy. I was 7 and he was 10, and his name is Thomas Curtis. He was the first boy I've ever kissed in my entire life and he was three years older than me.
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First, when I was apart from you, this world did not exist, nor any other. Second, whatever I was looking for was always you.
