Umar Quotes
Learn Arabic, for it strengthens the intelligence and increases one’s noble conduct (al-murû`ah).
Quotes to Explore
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The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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History is obviously dependent on the evidence, and it's always amazing to me how much evidence there is.
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I don't have bad taste; I have no taste. I wear a lot of the things I wore in high school, but not the cowl-neck sweaters. I was never tall, and I am the same size, so I still wear a lot of those clothes.
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I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.
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Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, has gone out of fashion with conservatives.
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O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.
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I am your homegirl, at the end of the day, but I also feel very... outside. So if you're finding solace in feeling outside with me, then we're good to go.
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I don't know why they gave me a knighthood - though it's very nice of them - but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don't.
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I definitely feel a difference about my place in the industry. I feel like I have some longevity now.
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I think the international community should be ashamed that they haven't done more for the Yazidis.
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I'm always in the market for my acting.
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Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth.
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Societies depend on agreed rules.
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If you put a camera on the wall, you would laugh at some of the fights me and my brothers had.
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The women on that list are amazing, so to be on it for the first time and have this position is crazy. I’m not one to walk around and strut like Miss Thing, so I’m pretty humbled.
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The Princeton economist Alan Krueger has demonstrated that societies with higher levels of income inequality are societies with lower levels of social mobility.
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I really love traveling, I love playing.
