Rumi Quotes
Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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 just don't think men fancy me.
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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'm lucky to have a wife and a child that keep me grounded.
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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.
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My first concert was 'Nsync.
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My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.
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..it was with the utmost reluctance that I found the figure could not serve my purposes.. .But a time came when none of us could use the figure without mutilating it. his quote in 1959, looking back to the 1930's
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There are so many fun things that you live that you can write about and people of all ages can connect to.
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Who you work with is even more important than who you hang out with because you spend a lot more time with your workmates than your friends.
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Some days, I do feel that pressure of, 'What do I mean as a black woman? What am I representing?' It honestly just gives me anxiety.
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Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
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Start a huge, foolish project, like Noah…it makes absolutely no difference what people think of you.
