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 toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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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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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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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 grew up in the era of Britney Spears, where artists had songs written for them, and you got up and sang them. That's how I always thought it was.
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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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All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence.
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The kick [of comedy] is to think quickly. It's a great kick.
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My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.
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It feels good when you come to a place like Oklahoma to charge up the batteries. I need that.
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Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives.
