Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.
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The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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My dad and I would watch Ray Lewis a lot. His tenacity, and he was everywhere. I wanted that mindset, too.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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I need instant gratification.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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In this case, the particle formed has correspondingly less energy, whereas the product nucleus passes into the ground state with emission of the quantity of energy saved as gamma radiation.
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Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.
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I don't even know what my favourite food is anymore, as they are all such bad foods!
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow.
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There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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You know, if you have a zoo you don't want the other creatures to see you. You want them to hang out and act properly and, you know, when the monkeys will come and ask for the bananas, they won't act like monkeys. If you want them to act on what their true nature is, you've got to leave them alone.
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This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school.
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I read in a weird way. It comes in waves, and then I start, like, five different books at once. It takes me six months to a year to finish them all, since I read mostly on planes.
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Well 'Monday Night Football,' I think the players kind of like it because they like the attention, and it's a lot of attention. But on the other hand, it's a disruption of the routine we used to have to play on Monday night. If you're a player, you sit around all day waiting for a game. It's different than when you play at noon.
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A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a responsibility toward civil society, and therefore it allows these religions to be factors in building up society.
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We at Fidelity view ourselves just as much a financial information processing company as an investment management firm. That may not be too newsworthy.
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I just don't stop working.
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The natural condition of the modern conservative movement is to always be in a state of revolution. Conservatives are, by definition, uncomfortable with power.
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On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.
