Rumi Quotes
Though Destiny a hundred times waylays you, in the end it pitches a tent for you in Heaven. It is God's loving kindness to terrify you, in order to lead you to His Kingdom of safety.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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My responsibility is to follow the law.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Boys are so much less mature than girls as it is.
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Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
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I have a three-year-old and a four-year-old at home, and my mornings are about just dealing with the fact of that. I oddly enjoy it.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I have a couture body.
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Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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I filed the first gay rights bill in Massachusetts history in 1972 in the legislature, one of the first in the country.
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I'm the nicest, most loyal person in the world when it comes to my friends.
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I am the owner of my shoulders, the tenant of my hips.
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We need no chieftain; such folk eat more than their share.
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Truth is slippery, not because it is difficult to grasp, but because we prefer our preconceptions, our beliefs, our myths.
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If we want to transform reality, we begin with ourselves. We do not ask the world to change, and we do not fight against society. It has to be us ourselves who affirm our own values.
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I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does.
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Angels dance only with You, Beloved and only before You do I bow in adoration. You may accept me or not but I will be at your feet forever.
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When you're six years old, the word 'poo' is the funniest word on God's earth, but this insults my intelligence.
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I was baptized alongside my mother when I was 8 years old. Since then I have tried to walk a Christian life. And now that I'm getting older I realize that I'm walking even closer with my God.
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For the soul of a person to be inflamed with passion for the living God, that person's mind must first be informed about the character and will of God. There can be nothing in the heart that is not first in the mind. Though it is possible to have theology on the head without its piercing the soul, it cannot pierce the soul without first being grasped by the mind.
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Though Destiny a hundred times waylays you, in the end it pitches a tent for you in Heaven. It is God's loving kindness to terrify you, in order to lead you to His Kingdom of safety.
