Rumi Quotes

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• I voted for Barack Obama.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Barack Obama
  • Obama
  • Barack

• There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.

  

  Basmah bint Saud
  • Power
  • Question
  • Humanity

• I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.

  

  Laura Harring
  • Think
  • Opportunity
  • Feel

• We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

  

  Uta Hagen
  • Say
  • Screw
  • Hostess

• I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

  

  Jack Nicholson
  • People
  • Good
  • Want

• You cannot survive if you do not know the past.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Past
  • Know
  • Survive

• A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.

  

  Walter O'Brien
  • High
  • Individual
  • Industry

• You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.

  

  Earl Scruggs
  • Done
  • Think
  • Gold

• If the amount of hours spent on FarmVille were spent on actual farming, imagine what we could achieve.

  

  Adam Dell
  • Imagine
  • Achieve
  • Farming

• As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.

  

  Tadashi Shoji
  • Up
  • Me
  • Find

• Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.

  

  Babasaheb
  • Mind
  • Existence
  • Aim

• I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Sports
  • Aggressive
  • Leads

• As human beings, we all have reasons for our behavior. There may be people who have certain physiological issues that dictate why they make certain choices. On the whole, though, I think we're dictated by our structure, our past, our environment, our culture. So once you understand the patterns that shape a person, how can you not find sympathy?

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • People
  • Why
  • May

• As long as I have a heartbeat, I'm fine. So I just do what I love, and I do it the best that I can. And if it all goes away, I'll just start over.

  

  Pardis Sabeti
  • Long
  • Love
  • Best

• If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

  

  Candice Swanepoel
  • Bad
  • Fun
  • Tennis

• If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.

  

  Randy Jackson Breakfast Club
  • You
  • Turn
  • Wants

• My father is very dry and very quick-witted, and my mother is very silly. It was the perfect combination because I got an education in physical and verbal comedy.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Mother
  • Father
  • Education

• I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • Done
  • May
  • Think

• The West has been able to bring Afghanistan a much better health service, better education, better roads, a better economy, though some have benefited more; some have benefited less from that economic well-being in Afghanistan.

  

  Hamid Karzai
  • Education
  • Health
  • Service

• I don't think I've ever been in love, I'm sure I will be some day. I've had enormous crushes, although I've never been into the Brad Pitt thing.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Love
  • Think
  • Day

• What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Writing
  • Chaos

• I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

  

  William Shatner
  • Love
  • Dog
  • Pleasure

• I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Writing
  • Me
  • Kind

• Love is the religion, and the universe is the book.

  

  Rumi
  • Love
  • Book
  • Universe