Rumi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
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I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.
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I came to New York in 1962 and it began to look like I might he able to make a living in 1972.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
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For me, Warhol made so much sense.
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I live to eat – when someone else cooks for me.
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Even all the top players going to Europe to play helps soccer in America, as do all the MLS players like Beckham and all that, they're trying to promote it. At the end of the day it's about getting the younger generation interested at an early age so most of them will move on and play.
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We human beings do a lot of dumb things, and war is certainly the dumbest.
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I'm so absolutely pro-Denver. I wrote a fake hip-hop song about Denver. I've been claiming Denver. Part of the joke of the song is nobody was really claiming Denver - no rappers, no comedians.
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What Miss Moore’s best poetry does, I can say best in her words: it 'comes into and steadies the soul,' so that the reader feels himself 'a life prisoner, but reconciled.'
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You know how you get close to something you want and then you start doing things to ensure that you don't quite get it? I did a lot of that.
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Stills belong in the lobby, not on the screen.
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My hectic work schedule does not often permit me time to visit temples, but my conversations with God don't depend on idol worship. Inside my heart, I have developed and sustained a direct communication with Him.
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If you have pumped your fist at God, the good news is that you can come back into fellowship with him right this minute.
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Sin is essentially a departure from God.
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If there were no way into God, I would not have lain in the grave of this body so long.
