Agha Shahid Ali Quotes
He’s freed some fire from ice in pity for Heaven.
He’s left open—for God—the doors of Hell tonight.
Agha Shahid Ali
Quotes to Explore
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As an actor, you read so many scripts and parts written for Asian-specific characters, and you see a lot of stereotypes and a lot of one-note characters, especially in comedy.
Randall Park
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Working with the brothers can put pressure on my voice, so I choose to do my own solo thing so I can save my voice. I couldn't do both now. The Neville Brothers is a funk band; they play loud, and I have a strong voice.
Aaron Neville
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I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I could avoid doing it... Lawsuits are a ridiculous way to do business.
Nathan Myhrvold
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
L. Neil Smith
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The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.
Samuel P. Huntington
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My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Samuel Johnson
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Usually I get up at 5, it’s a habit I have had since I was in the RSS. I don’t need much sleep, three hours is enough for me. My friends and my doctors complain that it is too less, but it is sufficient for me. You can see, I have worked all day but even now I am sitting here easily talking to you.
Narendra Modi
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A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it.
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Our current obsession with creativity is the result of our continued striving for immortality in an era when most people no longer believe in an afterlife.
Arianna Huffington
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The government may be made up of clever, sensible people. But if they do not believe in basic human values, the more clever or shrewd they are the greater the tragedy they will create.
Ai Weiwei
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What we know is Megyn Kelly is totally obsessed with Mr. Trump.
Corey Lewandowski
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Chaos is good for CNN.
Jeff Zucker
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I will finish what I have begun. I have said it. This is my khanate.
Conn Iggulden
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It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
Adam Cohen
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Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?
Eric Clapton
Blind Faith
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Why make so much of fragmentary blue. In here and there a bird, or butterfly, Or flower, or wearing-stone, or open eye, When heaven presents in sheets the solid hue?
Robert Frost
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A great, a good, and a right mind is a kind of divinity lodged in flesh, and may be the blessing of a slave as well as of a prince: it came from heaven, and to heaven it must return; and it is a kind of heavenly felicity, which a pure and virtuous mind enjoys, in some degree, even upon earth.
Seneca the Younger
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He’s freed some fire from ice in pity for Heaven.
He’s left open—for God—the doors of Hell tonight.
Agha Shahid Ali
