Bassam Tibi Quotes
A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.
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I'm trying to get my head in the game, think about the questions I wanted to ask, breast milk is flying everywhere - over my notes - and I - how do you 'lean in' at that moment? What is the equivalent of that for Wolf Blitzer or Joe Scarborough?
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
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The more I push myself to really live and really experience things and step outside of my comfort zone, the more the songs are allowed to flow.
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I will not claim I will solve all the world's problems by myself. If I did, I'd have to run as a Republican or a Democrat.
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When Rakesh Roshan called me for 'Khoon Bhari Maang,' it was supposed to be a six month shoot, but I ended up staying for four years doing 12 films.
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I played a million different sports when I was growing up. I started when I was probably five or six, and we'd just go from activity to activity to activity. I think, finally, my parents just realized that we were missing something in our lives. They realized that it was time for us as a family to start going to church.
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I am the best. There is nobody better than me.
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I've never been afraid of much, and like any normal kid, I liked to push the limits of what I could do.
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Atlanta embraced us. We have so much respect for them, and they have respect for us.
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Like a precious family heirloom, freedom is not just ours to enjoy, but to treasure, protect, and pass on to future generations.
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I guess I'm just a frustrated cowboy.
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In 2013, I started playing Fara Sherazi on 'Homeland.' I love playing her, not just because she's a strong woman, but because for the first time, a Muslim woman is being portrayed on television as a regular person, rather than a cliche or collection of stereotypes.
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Every day I do something that freaks me out.
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Humble yourself"--it is a humbling experience to knock at God's door--you have to knock with the crucified thief. "To him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
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Jazz comes from a tradition where it swings. Swing was the main ingredient of jazz. And once it loses the swing...well, that's it.
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You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote made more money during last year's one-month government shutdown than a minimum wage worker makes in an entire year.
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Words that are saturated with lies or atrocity, do not easily resume life.
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The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.
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A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.
