Rumi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I was top in my class in school, and I got admission in other colleges, but I really wanted to study in St. Xavier's.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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I've always been a very prolific writer.
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Exploiters and manipulators have always used religion self-righteously to further their own selfish ends.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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I frequently go to the ballet, but I don't miss it in the sense that I wish I were still dancing.
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The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.
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I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey.
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Control the publics perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.
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People need jobs, people need happy and successful lives; there should be marriage between one man and one woman, there should the value of person from conception until natural death.
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The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.
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Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
