Al-Farabi Quotes
A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just desserts
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.
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I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.
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For more than four decades, the Libyan people have been ruled by a tyrant - Moammar Gaddafi. He has denied his people freedom, exploited their wealth, murdered opponents at home and abroad, and terrorized innocent people around the world - including Americans who were killed by Libyan agents.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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I've been careful to work with good people on interesting material, mostly.
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I think human societies tend to be problematic.
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Writing lyrics is part spontaneous, intuitive and part really thought through and carefully analyzed as you write it. It's a mixture of two approaches, and I imagine writing anything is like that, really. Some of it just flows, and you just go with it.
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Writing has always been an interest of mine, and 'The Language of Flowers' combined my experience with foster care with something I've always wanted to do.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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My music is really fun music, with some pan-African and pan-American influences.
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What use was it to argue with a little idiot like this? Indeed, peasants never do argue; they use abuse.
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Who am I to myself? Just a feeling of mine.
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Well, I can't eat muffins in an agitated manner. The butter would probably get on my cuffs. One must eat muffins quite calmly, it is the only way to eat them.
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Life is getting better, but that won’t stop a war if politicians and business people decide it’s to their advantage to have one.
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If it's tough believing what you believe, then maybe it's time to move. But if you are someone who militantly enforces your opinion about anything, then you need to get out of town.
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Sitting in the back row of a full audience watching one of my movies, and hearing them cry and hearing them laugh in the right moments, particularly when they laugh at a line I've stolen from one of my family members and put in the film. That excites me a great deal.
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The Stockholm street style is distinctive, with ensembles that exemplify the city's understated elegance.
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I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more.
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I've known Clinton for probably the last year that he was in office and stuff. The vibe that I always got from Clinton was, you-know, he never gave me a president-vibe.
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A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just desserts
