Rumi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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I watch my films with my mum and other family members, you know. I also know there are thousands of women who watch my films. I don't want to set wrong examples.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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When you write, you don't have the social constraints of having people in front of you, so you talk about abstract matters.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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I think back to some of the things Harry said and some of the things I said trying to be funny. If I said them now, it would be on the front page of every newspaper in the country.
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One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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Israel is a piece of real estate that neither Jew or Arab will let go of; neither will leave these shores. And so they will have to learn to live together.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.
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I love stories. When I'm writing, what I pretend subconsciously is that we're cavemen, we're sitting around the fire, and I'm telling you stories. If I bore you, you're probably going to pick up a big club and hit me over the head.
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If you are being weird or silly you can be excused because you are just playing a character.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end.
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If I love myself I love you. If I love you I love myself.
