Abu Ammaar Yasir Qadhi Quotes
Learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid being one whose mistakes are used as lessons by others.
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In vast parts of the world, people don't eat meat.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Software-industry battles are fought by highly paid and out-of-shape nerds furiously pounding computer keyboards while they guzzle diet Coke. The stakes aren't very dramatic. Life? Liberty? The pursuit of happiness? Nope, it's about stock options.
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On my actual 16th birthday, on the actual day, I went home and I had chicken korma and Peshwari naan bread and pilau rice, and that was fantastic.
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I'm convinced the fall of Aleppo will not end the war.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
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Comedy is a great weapon of attack. It's not a great weapon of support.
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Corporate stand-up allowed me to make my own schedule and make money as if I was in show business.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making home pages for a lot of Chinese companies. We went to the big owners, the big companies, and they didn't want to do it. We go to state-owned companies, and they didn't want to do it. Only the small and medium companies really want to do it.
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I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.
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I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.
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Ford was warm and friendly. He wouldn't embarrass a Cabinet member.
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What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.
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You can only do your best. That's all you can do. And if it isn't good enough, it isn't good enough.
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I am just back from South Sudan, one of the world's most fragile nations. For years, I have been moved by the kind people who maintain hope that they will live to see peace. My heart has ached for them, as they have endured pain and violence that make such hope feel out of reach.
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If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.
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America's decline would set in motion tectonic shifts undermining the political stability of the entire Middle East.
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Big success requires big sacrifices. Don't find out later that the cost was too high. Denial is said to be even more potent than cocaine; neither drug enhances your marketability.
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As a teacher I realize that what one learns in school doesn't serve for very much at all, that the only thing one can really learn is self-understanding, and this is something that can't be taught.
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I like each of my books to be different. Once I've done something I like to move on and push myself to learn new things and expand the limits of poetic form.
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Working on 'Drive', a lot of fun. This is Tim Minear whom I've worked with before on 'Firefly' of course. He called me up and said, 'I've got a part for you that you will love,' and I love Tim's writing. I love his stories. I love his characters, his dialogue. He has a knack for reveals and he has a knack for moments.
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Learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid being one whose mistakes are used as lessons by others.
