Bilal Philips Quotes
The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better.
Quotes to Explore
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Social interactions have always been a bit of a difficult thing for me. I think I have a natural tendency to make people not 100 percent super comfortable.
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I have to protect my family and have a life with them that is completely private.
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The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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Our main source of economy is agriculture. What we should do is to use the oil money that we have today to re-fuel agriculture. And so agriculture will be the backbone of the economy of South Sudan.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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There is light at the end of the tunnel for India, but it's that of an oncoming train which will run them over.
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I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.
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My life has been a series of emergencies.
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My understanding, from what I've learned so far about Commissioner Gordon, is that he's the older guy with the mustache who relates with our hero in a certain way.
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I saw 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was four years old. Sure, I thought Princess Leia was awesome. But the character I identified with most was Luke Skywalker. I left the theater certain the Force was strong with me, that I could train to be a Jedi and wield a lightsaber just like Luke.
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He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair: For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant. We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
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Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us.
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I got history solidly under my belt, reading Russian history and biographies. I couldn't change the facts. I could only play with how the people might have responded to the facts of their lives.
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Find something that makes you want to give and give and give 'til it hurts.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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I've started to experiment [in the studio] with texturing the canvas, building up the surface with large brushes, palette knife or fingers. I want to say more in my art.
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“You excuse yourself saying, “I cannot perform acts of charity because I have no money.” Why do you think you need money to practice charity? What about the charity of a smile and a warm handshake, the charity of human compassion and understanding, the charity of a visit or a remembrance in your prayers?”
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The hardest thing is to give up something you love, for the sake of Allah. But remember Allah never takes without giving something better.
