Rumi Quotes
On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
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I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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You learn on the job. When I was a young lawyer and got a case, I knew nothing about the subject. You start reading, you look for the philosophy behind it, and by the time you are actually in a court of law, you are a master.
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You'll be fooled if you only get your hip-hop from the mainstream, you know. The things that move people are not just found in the mainstream cultures. And when we talk about hip-hop in general, hip-hop's basically preoccupied with life.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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It's not my style to judge anybody.
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One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things.
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
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But when I go to Chicago, I know I'm home.
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I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.
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Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours.
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I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.
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Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world.
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The reason that chefs become chefs is that they're not allowed into rooms with windows.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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There is far too much literary criticism of the wrong kind. That is why I never could have survived as an academic.
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On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the world is full of beauty. Today is such a day.
