Bernard Lewis Quotes
It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents both of Christianity, and Christendom. In the one sense, it denotes a religion, as system of beliefs and worship; in the other, the civilization that grew up and flourished under the aegis of that religion. The word Islam thus denotes more than fourteen centuries of history, a billion and a third people, and a religious and cultural tradition of enormous diversity.Bernard Lewis
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I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.
Randy Castillo Mötley Crüe -
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.
Dale Carnegie -
Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
Patrick Chappatte -
I made a lot of movies that people loved when I was a kid, but I didn't have any real relationship to them.
Gaby Hoffmann -
Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
Yves Behar -
I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, award shows. I just don't want to say something stupid. But as soon as I step out on that stage, or as soon as I show up to a date, it all goes away, and I just have a great time with whoever I'm with.
Taylor Lautner
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Since I have been singing for so many years, I don't always need to approach a song quite so laboriously and meticulously.
Kate Smith -
When you have a bunch of comfortable upholstered pieces, a single bronze or brass chair really turns the energy up.
Nate Berkus -
I am definitely a spiritually centered person and that is usually one of my biggest guiding lights beyond music.
Nadia Ali -
Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.
Orison Swett Marden -
In a photo, you just do a click, but in art you have to put in so much energy. This concentration of energy and attention says something that other media cannot say.
Fernando Botero -
Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.
Harmon Killebrew
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He writes the kind of music you whistle on the way into the theater.
Oscar Levant -
I am not in Us Weekly. I'd have to be going out with someone who is in there to be in there myself.
John Mayer -
Com'è in proverbio, ognun corre a far legnaAll'arbore che 'l vento in terra getta.
Ludovico Ariosto -
I was in love with HTML and certain that the whole world was about to learn it, ushering in a new era of DIY media, free expression, peace and democracy and human rights worldwide. That part didn't work out so well, although the kids prefer YouTube to TV, so that's something.
Jeffrey Zeldman -
I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.
Jeff Bridges -
The hard part is getting to the top of page 1.
Tom Stoppard
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The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.
Celia Green -
Yes, we didn't do this -- we didn't produce these videotapes on time. My letter to Sen. Thompson made clear we should have found them. But the one thing that is absolutely clear is that the only pattern here is not one of incompetence -- and we don't make an incompetence defense -- the pattern here is one of an ongoing intensive day-to-day effort to try to meet the committee's needs and that is the only pattern a fair reader can see.
Charles Ruff -
Historically in every recovery, because the president rightly did inherit a recession. But historically, the lagging indicator always deals with employment.
Sean Hannity -
American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
Harold Rosenberg -
It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents both of Christianity, and Christendom. In the one sense, it denotes a religion, as system of beliefs and worship; in the other, the civilization that grew up and flourished under the aegis of that religion. The word Islam thus denotes more than fourteen centuries of history, a billion and a third people, and a religious and cultural tradition of enormous diversity.
Bernard Lewis