Abdullah ibn Mubarak Quotes
The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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How do you play 'righteous'? Do you just kind of stand up straighter? What does that mean as an actor? You don't really play a quality.
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If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice.
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Fighting, I guess, was never the real reason I read comic books as a kid. The fighting was an important part, an integral part of it; I don't know I would've read it without it.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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I've never been a huge sweets eater, and I've always loved a Mediterranean diet. We eat a lot of dark leafy greens, and a couple meals each week are meat-free. We enjoy eating a balanced diet.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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The experience of being an Olympian is one that can never be taken away from you.
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I did not come to NASA to make history.
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If, in this country, a simple majority of people can start stripping away the rights of a protected class in the minority, that's a pretty alarming thing.
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We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.
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I didn't know you were Catholic. (to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as he got down on one knee to beg Pelosi to find Democratic support for the bailout bill)-2008
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No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he's hungry and sleep when he's sleepy.
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Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.
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I think I have good judgment.
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My struggle has been to return painting to the tangible object, which is like returning the personality to touching and feeling the world around it, to offset the tendency to vagueness and abstraction. To remind people of practical activity, to suggest the sense and not to escape from the senses.
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The planet is asleep and it's the fault of musicians who are untrue to themselves.
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When it comes to guys, my dad is the measure of the perfect man. And that's a pretty tough standard to match up to.
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We shall not read it for its sociological insights, which are non-existent, nor as science fiction, because it has a general air of implausibility; but there is one high poetic fancy in the
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The thing about the Islamic situation is we don't have a church. We don't have an ordained priesthood, which makes it a little complicated. But we do have a tradition of scholarship, and rules of scholarship. It's very much like any field of knowledge.
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Competing at the highest level is not about winning. It's about preparation, courage, understanding and nurturing your people, and heart. Winning is the result.
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The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.
