Rumi Quotes

The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.

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• There is always pressure in football.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Football
  • Always
  • Pressure

• I wanted to identify that the black experience is American experience.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Experience
  • American
  • Black

• This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.

  

  Yasmine Bleeth
  • Time
  • Fantasy
  • Watching

• Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.

  

  Larry Dixon
  • Time
  • Rest
  • Worry

• I have a fat head – I get freaked-out looking at pictures of me.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Me
  • Looking
  • Pictures

• I liked the people at Brown, while I really disliked most of the fellow students I had met at Northwestern.

  

  Ira Glass
  • People
  • Students
  • Brown

• I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.

  

  Young Jeezy
  • Records
  • Hits
  • Legendary

• One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
  • Age
  • Problem
  • Patience

• That was my dream, to compete against the best surfers in the best waves. But as a kid, it all seemed so unattainable. It was this big dream, but deep down I never thought it could really happen. But my parents always believed I could do it, and they helped me get through all the stages and take all the right steps.

  

  Gabriel Medina
  • Dream
  • Parents
  • Best

• It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • You
  • Needs
  • Said

• I don't want to be submerged by depression.

  

  Ingrid Betancourt
  • Want
  • Depression
  • Submerged

• When people see the Cubevision logo, they should know it's something good, something worth checking out.

  

  Ice Cube
  • People
  • Good
  • Know

• I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.

  

  W. Bruce Cameron
  • Sports
  • Basketball
  • Athlete

• Due to my work as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and author, hundreds of people stream in and out of my basement studio to help me with my creative projects.

  

  Dan Hill
  • People
  • Work
  • Help

• What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Good
  • Power
  • Interesting

• I was going to Miami quite a lot at the time, speaking a lot of Spanish with my friends from Cuba - Lana Del Rey reminded us of the glamour of the seaside. It sounded gorgeous coming off the tip of the tongue.

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • Time
  • Friends
  • Spanish

• I want Infosys to be a company which is globally respected and in where people belonging to different nationalities, races and religious beliefs will work with intense competition but utmost courtesy, dignity and co-operation in adding greater value to our stakeholders day after day.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • People
  • Work
  • Different

• One really interesting thing for me was learning about kitchen etiquette, and the differences between an Indian kitchen and a French one. They're different in atmosphere, and also in how chefs maneuver within them.

  

  Manish Dayal
  • Different
  • Interesting
  • Me

• I grew up with horror. My dad loves movies, and he passed a lot of them on to me. There's something so fun about them.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Me

• Demosthenes: Do you dare to accuse wine of clouding the reason? Quote me more marvellous effects than those of wine. Look! when a man drinks, he is rich, everything he touches succeeds, he gains lawsuits, is happy and helps his friends. Come, bring hither quick a flagon of wine, that I may soak my brain and get an ingenious idea. (tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus)

  

  Aristophanes
  • May
  • Friends
  • Happy

• The growth that we are targeting for our bank is in line with the banking industry.

  

  Chanda Kochhar
  • Growth

• I learned a great deal doing Brooklyn Bridge. I was able to take a giant step into the terrible reality that was then. We saw the cattle cars that took folks away. Just knowing it was real, it would be impossible not to feel.

  

  Marion Ross
  • Great
  • Real
  • Reality

• My children were brought up with their grandparents, and I was brought up with my grandparents. I think the continuity of moving through life together gives people a certain pride and sense of security.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • People
  • Life
  • Up

• The intelligent desire self-control; children want candy.

  

  Rumi
  • Children
  • Candy
  • Self-Control