Al-Mutanabbi Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
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As I have not worried to be born, I do not worry to die.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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Well, I jumped for the first time when I was 16. I just loved it and immediately realized that it was what I wanted to do.
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If you're the Olympic champion then they have to wait four more years to get you again.
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One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.
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Teaching was my first job after leaving university. It was a challenge, but I enjoyed it. Some of the kids were disruptive, but I could deal with it because I was only 24 at the time, and my own school memories were still fresh.
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Writing a novel is not at all like riding a bike. Writing a novel is like having to redesign a bike, based on laws of physics that you don't understand, in a new universe. So having written one novel does nothing for you when you have to write the second one.
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Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
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To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.
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Savage – There is only one way fit for a man – Heroism, or Master-Morality, or Violence. All the other people in between are ploughing the sand.
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I don't believe in it, because you're not around to know that it's happened. I can't say anything about it because I'm not prepared for it.
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The wind is rising on the sea,The windy white foam-dancers leap;And the sea moans uneasily,And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.
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Luiheid mag aantrekkelijk schijnen, werken geeft bevrediging.
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I ask at what part of its curved motion the moving cause will leave the thing moved and moveable.
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Her own grief grieved her. His devastated her. (On Sophie Mol's death, describing Mamachi's grief, and Chacko's).
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You want to keep the defense guessing.
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Mum worked as a secretary for Orson Welles for what sounded like a very miserable year. Her brother was the actor Jeremy Brett, who became famous for playing Sherlock Holmes. He was an absolutely lovely man. Very exciting and glamorous, he'd always make me feel amazing and full of confidence, like I'd picked the right thing to do in life.
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The worker must work for the glory of his handiwork, not simply for pay; the thinker must think for truth, not for fame.
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That's what fascinates me about these writers' retreats: You're in these small spaces with small groups of people, and all of the sudden, the spotlight is shining on you harder than it normally is.
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The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.
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Glory in hardship, sloth in comfort lies.
