Al-Shafi‘i Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I really like to kid around, and it's my own way of concentrating. In order for me to be able to feel better and concentrate, I need everybody else around me to be relaxed.
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I love Latino culture but I hate the concept of "la raza." It is a divisive mindset.
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Man, who don't like spaghetti?
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To love someone is to identify with them.
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Imperialism, in a sense, is the transition stage from capitalism to Socialism. . . . It is capitalism dying, not dead.
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Mechanical wings allow us to fly, but it is with our minds that we make the sky ours
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Nothing is real beyond imaginative patterns men make of reality.
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Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e li disarmati rovinarono.]
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Greed is good! Greed is right! Greed works! Greed will save the U.S.A.!
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Everything I do I always feel very confident. Whether it's tennis, badminton, football, whatever. I just go out there and think I can do it and most of the time I can. What I'm good at I don't mind saying because it's not a secret, is it? For me confidence is so important. It's good to know I can go out on the field and feel I can take on the world.
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My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.
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There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.
