Al-Shafi‘i Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Custard is controversial: what makes it a custard, how best to cook it and, crucially, is it to be eaten or put in a pie and thrown?
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I do like people who have not yet made up their minds about everything, who in fact are still receiving
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A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.
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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
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If one knows exactly what is going to be done, why do it?
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...there is a point when the unfortunate and the infamous are associated and confused in a word, a mortal word, les miserables.
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I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Count them, Alice. One, there are drinks that make you shrink. Two, there are foods that make you grow. Three, animals can talk. Four, cats can disappear. Five, there is a place called Underland. Six, I can slay the Jabberwocky.
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Having a hangover with small children is never a good idea. I did it once and it was the biggest mistake I've ever made, I've never felt so ill in my life. You have to get out of bed and look after your kid who doesn't care if you've got a sore head.
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And what if I did run my ship aground; oh, still it was splendid to sail it!
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In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.
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When men see an attractive woman, they fantasize about sex. When women see an attractive man they fantasize about a relationship.
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I like to produce my own records, because I know in my head where I want to take it.
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In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.
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In future we'll have a different type of rich and poor.
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Country music is what is sincere; that's the main thing.
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Every one of us ... knows better than he practices, and recognizes a better law than he obeys.
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I have lived in many places over the years - sung in many languages too but hearing the Treorchy Male Choir made me realise how deep my feelings are, and always will be, for our beloved Land of Song. Glorious years of hard work and glorious music! Well done! I am only half Welsh - but these sincere good wishes and congratulations come from all of me!
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Only someone who is sincere recognizes what showing off is.
