Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes
Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.
Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi
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When I look at my life, I see that I wanted to be free of the physical plane, the psychological plane, and when I got free of those I didn't want to go anywhere near them.
Ram Dass
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When you have my confidence, I will do 200% for you.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
Ed Markey
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I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.
Fernando Alonso
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As I lay so sick on my bed, from Christmas till March, I was always praying for poor ole master. 'Pears like I didn't do nothing but pray for ole master. 'Oh, Lord, convert ole master;' 'Oh, dear Lord, change dat man's heart, and make him a Christian.'
Harriet Tubman
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When I first wrote 'Papa Hemingway,' there were too many people still alive, and the lawyers for Random House didn't want to OK it. But now all that's been filtered away by the passage of all these people. And having the fortune of surviving, I now feel that I am the custodian of what Ernest wanted the world to know about him and these women.
A. E. Hotchner
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My sisters are my best friends and my most staunch supporters. They're always there to help me through every audition, through interviews, and through everything. Hopefully, I find some guy that I love as much as them some day. They are the best things in my life, and I would be completely lost without them.
Madeline Zima
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I Boswell happened to say, it would be terrible if he should not find a speedy opportunity of returning to London, and be confined in so dull a place. JOHNSON: 'Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. It would not be terrible, though I were to be detained some time here.'
Samuel Johnson
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You always need younger guys if you're going to be successful in the long term.
Saku Koivu
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Once in pre-war days, when curiously-bonneted women drivers were familiar sights at the taxi-wheels, I cried out to one in my dismay: 'Is there no speed limit in this mad city?''Oh, yes, monsieur,' she answered sweetly over her shoulder, 'but no one has ever succeeded in reaching it.'
Alexander Woollcott
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... love moves the world along.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones.
Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi
