Rumi Quotes
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I learned that despite having years and years of experience in math and computer science and so on, I didn't really know how to code until I formed a company.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.
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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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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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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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When in doubt, always choose love & gratitude.
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I wrote a book called ‘Dancing The Dream’. It was more autobiographical than Moonwalk, which I did with Mrs. Onassis. It wasn’t full of gossip and scandal and all that trash that people write, so I don’t think people paid much attention to it, but it came from my heart. It was essays, thoughts and things that I’ve thought about while on tour...
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I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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We have a largely materialistic lifestyle characterized by a materialistic culture. However, this only provides us with temporary, sensory satisfaction, whereas long-term satisfaction is based not on the senses but on the mind. That’s where real tranquility is to be found. And peace of mind turns out to be a significant factor in our physical health too.
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To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward 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.
