Abu Dawood Quotes
Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.'
Quotes to Explore
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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In the Seventies, we still had dreams and hopes of Utopia, but by the end of the decade, the world had shifted to the right.
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Fun wouldn't be the right word... it was the most difficult, challenging, physical, extraordinary stretch I've ever had to make, in all those wild regards.
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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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I'm very English. I'm white. I mean, I'm so pale. With spray tans they start peeling and start getting really dirty looking.
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But sometimes the women writers will pitch something and I'll hear it, but the men will keep talking.
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
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I have learned to know God. I have recast my social belief... All my admirers are married; most of my friends are dead; and I stand with all the world before me, where to choose a path to make in it.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years.
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I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.
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Life is always a problem. The fact that I'm on the radio saying that I don't necessarily see hope does not relieve people, does not relieve my son, does not relieve children, of the responsibility to struggle.
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I am performing this role of the artist and this role of the 'negress' coming into a white-box institution. It's kind of a self-appointed role: the self-designated negress.
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It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
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Lying can never save us from another lie.
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Positive thinking is the notion that if you think good thoughts, things will work out well. Optimism is the feeling of thinking things will be well and be hopeful.
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You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.
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Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.
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Many times I heard Imam Ahmad saying (when asked to give his opinion) on controversial scholarly issues 'I do not know.'
