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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Christ has given us the most glorious interpretation of life's meaning that man has ever had. The fatherhood of God, the fellowship of the Spirit, the sovereignty of righteousness, the law of love, the glory of service, the coming of the Kingdom, the eternal hope- there was never an interpretation of life to compare with that.
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Life in cities is not a spring but a river, or rather, a water main. It progresses like a novel, artificially.
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Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.
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I try to write 1,000 words a day - about three pages. When I reach 1,000 words I feel good. Less than that: a failure. More than that: tired.
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Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
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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.'
