Yasmin Mogahed Quotes
To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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I'm great at a deathbed. I've never given tranquillisers or psychiatric medicine. I've given love and fun and creativity and passion and hope, and these things ease suffering.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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I don't like to be out of my comfort zone, which is about a half an inch wide.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.
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I want to stay alive. Yeah, I want to stay alive. I think that's the main thing. If there's a chance I can live longer, I want to do it.
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I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.
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Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
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Tis well to be merry and wise, 'Tis well to be honest and true; It is best to be off with the old love, Before you are on with the new.
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When you're writing is when the "god should I just drop this" feeling can hit. When you're editing is when the "god this is awful and I've wasted everyone's time and money and will be revealed as a fraud" feeling can hit.
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The career doesn't get any easier. A career stays tough.
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Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above.
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Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.
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To empty the heart does not mean to not love. On the contrary, true love, as God intented it, is purest when it is not based on a false attachment. The process of first emptying the heart can be found in the beginning half of the shahada (declaration of faith).
