Rumi Quotes
Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
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Too rigid specialization is almost as bad for a historian's mind, and for his ultimate reputation, as too early an indulgence in broad generalization and synthesis.
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I try to keep away from being big-headed. That's what causes people to lose the acting thing. They start being commercial, and then they stink for the rest of their lives.
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What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure.
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I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.
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I have learned not to feed the trolls. I just don't respond.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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I am formally accountable to the steering board of the PIC, and I meet with nine ambassadors from the PIC every week. I have to have the capitals' broad agreement with what I do.
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True time is four-dimensional.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I'm not afraid of death. It's the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life.
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Dancing is one of the best ways of expressing yourself, and I definitely use it to release emotion.
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Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
