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 -
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 -
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
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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 -
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 -
He writes the kind of music you whistle on the way into the theater.
Oscar Levant -
Com'è in proverbio, ognun corre a far legnaAll'arbore che 'l vento in terra getta.
Ludovico Ariosto
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I'm drawn to the path of least resistance.
Jeff Bridges -
I eat meat, the rarer the better.
Dominique Swain -
Castro always used the boxers as a symbolic war against American values to demonstrate that they fight for something more than money.
Brin-Jonathan Butler -
We need to invest in people's lives so that they can do the jobs of the 21st century.
Ann McLane Kuster -
Doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican in Michigan. We want jobs in Michigan.
Debbie Stabenow -
My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks.
Elizabeth Emken
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Islam means peace.
Malala Yousafzai -
The challenge for a writer looking at history is to figure out what is history and what is myth. After all, what you are looking at is an interpretation of history, and so at some level, it becomes an interpretation of an interpretation.
Dan Brown -
It means a lot to everybody outside of the business, so much that it's come to mean more to us. It's sort of an insider music thing, not really a mandate of the people. But it's nice to be in there with all of my heroes.
Chris Stein Blondie -
In the event of atomic war there is a tremendous biological advantage in the so-called undeveloped areas that have a high birth rate and high death rate because, man, they can plow under those mutations.
William S. Burroughs -
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