Rumi Quotes
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I spent years studying the teachings of Patanjali, and he reminded us several thousand years ago that when we are steadfast - which means that we never slip in our abstention of thoughts of harm directed toward others - then all living creatures cease to feel enmity in our presence.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage.
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When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.
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My size is a huge part of me. You just have to appreciate those kinds of things. So I wasn't born with long legs - who cares. You just have to embrace it. Being body positive is really important to your overall happiness.
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I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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This woman is sick to her marrow-bone, this woman is utterly alone, with husband dead, with son away in jail. Pray for me. Pray.
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L'homme est une passion inutile.
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Walter Cronkite had a golden rule for all wartime reporters: never self-aggrandize.
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Modeling is the best because you have to look hot, which comes easy to me, you know. I'm blessed with that.
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My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.
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I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say.
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'School of Rock' is fun. Hopefully, I've fleshed it out with a few catchy songs and kept the spirit of the original movie.
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I wrote poetry and short stories. I would send them to magazines; they wouldn't get in. But short stories are how I found philosophy and how I'd understand the world.
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There will be a Skype movie soon... someone will crack the code, and it will be great. Then, there'll be 30 Skype movies, and we'll be like, 'Oh, that's boring.'
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I'm in the civil discourse business. I think it takes all kinds. And more power to everybody.
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And living in a metropolitan area which is ethnically diverse, our lives are very complicated, so our emotional experiences are going to be varied like that.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God.
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There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not going to make them laugh. But there are quite a lot of poems there that aren't funny at all.
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The soul is here for its own joy.
