Howard Blum Quotes

Gold has an almost atavistic lure. People feel it has a panacea effect.

Howard Blum

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• The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Free
  • Question
  • Ideas

• In Swat, there are two jobs a woman's going to do: a teacher or a doctor. If not, then become a housewife.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • Woman
  • Teacher
  • Doctor

• Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's doubters, few disagree that the bureau has come a long way.

  

  Barton Gellman
  • People
  • Believe
  • Long

• For me, fitness is not just about hitting the gym; it is also about an inner happiness and an overall well-being.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Me
  • Happiness
  • Wellbeing

• I have a couture body.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Body

• I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music - jazz, swing, Motown, pop - and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Good
  • Music
  • Different

• I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • World
  • Home
  • Discipline

• Every time we can't drill a well in America, terrorism is being funded. Every onerous regulation puts American lives at risk.

  

  Harold Hamm
  • Time
  • American
  • America

• I am just as ordinary as anyone else, and I also have my problems, but I also am responsible for my own health. So I'll be on that exercise bike, I'll be out there walking and try to improve my health and diet as much as I'm expecting of other Tasmanians.

  

  Lara Giddings
  • Health
  • Exercise
  • Walking

• Modern culture is defined by this extraordinary freedom to ransack the world storehouse and to engorge any and every style it comes upon.

  

  Daniel Bell
  • World
  • Culture
  • Freedom

• Please is frail like a dewdrop, while it laughs it dies. But sorrow is strong and abiding. Let sorrowful love wake in your eyes.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Strong
  • Eyes

• Bradlaugh makes the most noise, but the Irish Evictions Bill is much the most serious thing. ... If the Eviction Act passes, there will not be many more seasons. It is a revolutionary age and the chances are, that even you and I may live to see the final extinction of the great London Season, which was the wonder and admiration of our youth.

  

  Benjamin Disraeli
  • Great
  • Live
  • May

• I was shy. I was more than shy.

  

  Marion Cotillard

• It is possible to assemble a narrative for yourself, brokenly, on social media, only seeing what you want to look at.

  

  Alexandra Petri

• I don't know how you talk about the founding of America, and what became of the United States, without talking about religious doctrine.

  

  Bill Haslam
  • America
  • Religious

• I feel like some of the best talent is on TV right now, with the writing, acting and great directors. I've also been looking for the consistency of work that TV provides for you. And, I always thought it would be really interesting to live with a character for months, if not years.

  

  Christina Ricci
  • Work
  • Great
  • Writing

• In 'Bayou Magic,' I write about African goddess-mermaids who accompanied slaves to America.

  

  Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • America
  • Magic
  • Goddess

• Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

  

  James Thomson
  • War
  • Happy
  • Peace

• There are two outstanding issues in democratic politics these days. One is the relationship with the media, which is now 24/7, and operates with a completely different intensity than even 15 or 20 years ago. How do we have a proper conversation between leaders and country when it's moderated sometimes in a very partisan and inflammatory way? And the second thing is the effectiveness of our democracy. How do we get the right gene and talent pool in politics?

  

  Tony Blair
  • Different
  • Country
  • Sometimes

• Rents should begin to decelerate as the demand for owner-occupied housing stabilizes and the supply of rental units increases.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Demand
  • Supply
  • Decelerate

• I think a lot of guys you see - there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there's no one to share it with.

  

  David Walton
  • World
  • Fun

• School, in general, was not great. Children are just mean to each other... but by high school, I probably stopped being annoying to people, and people stopped being mean. By the end of it, it was wonderful.

  

  Eugene Mirman
  • Children
  • School
  • Wonderful

• When I like someone a lot, I get scared that I'll let them down. My fear of sucking is worst when I feel like someone thinks I'm good.

  

  Casey Affleck
  • Feels
  • Worst
  • Scared

• Gold has an almost atavistic lure. People feel it has a panacea effect.

  

  Howard Blum
  • Feels
  • Gold
  • Effects