Umar Quotes
Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.
Quotes to Explore
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I would like my kids to study well.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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If you can shrug off a loss, you can't be a winner.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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Generally I can sleep any time, anywhere, any place, unless I'm anxious about work. I can get performance anxiety, so when I'm on tour it can be hard to sleep.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I loved history because to me, history was like watching a movie.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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When I graduated college, I had a fairly successful weekly club gig and was buying more studio equipment and writing my own music. I realized I didn't want to work.
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People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
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My romantically favorite era is 78, 79 listening to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 4, the live tapes, echo chamber and break beats.
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I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'
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The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.
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If you want to know whether soccer is big in America, pick a weekend, go to any park in the land, and pay attention. We're there. We've always been.
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Television has embraced so much in terms of storytelling and in terms of a wide array of characters conveying stories from different points of view.
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Acquire knowledge before you become leaders and pride prevents you from learning and you live in ignorance.
