Al-Shafi‘i Quotes
Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
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Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
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Every joke in 'The Office' was unexpected. I cringed; I could hardly look. I cried with laughter.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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Movie stars have careers - actors work, and then they don't work, and then they work again.
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NETWORK - Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.
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Foucault is the Cagliostro of our time.
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Is that a real country?
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A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
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My suffering left me sad and gloomy.
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I have no confusion in my mind about that. It was a tragedy, it was a painful experience. You say that the Congress party was involved in that, I don’t agree with that. Certainly there was violence, certainly there was tragedy.
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I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
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You have a burden going into any campaign when you're raising money to fund that effort because there's always a desire to spend more money than you have.
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Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.
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It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we've made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.
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The more we genuinely care about others the greater our own happiness & inner peace.
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Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to expose him and win victory over him. Whenever I face an opponent in debate I silently pray - O Lord, help him so that truth may flow from his heart and on his tongue, and so that if truth is on my side, he may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.
