Nizar Qabbani Quotes
If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.
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My background is that of a competitive athlete and a fighter, and I'm bringing something totally different to 'The Biggest Loser' that wasn't there before.
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Myth is a powerful medium because it talks to the emotions and not the head. It moves us into an area of mystery.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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I like 'Star Wars.' I mean, I don't go to the conventions and dress up like Obi-Wan Kenobi or anything, but I like watching the movies.
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I can do lovers. I can do Sir Galahad types. I'm not going to limit myself in voice-overs to irascible old men.
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did - bronze, silver or gold.
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Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
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The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'
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I personally don't feel the need to be radical for its own sake, but I probably couldn't if I tried anyway.
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Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world, I want to be the one to walk in the sun.
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I detest the idea that love between two persons can lead to salvation. All my life I have fought against this oppressive type of relationship. Instead, I believe in searching for a kind of love that somehow involves all of humanity.
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Don't ever take advice from anyone who starts a sentence with, 'You may not like me for this, but it's for your own good - ' It never is.
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What I enjoy the most about all this is the traveling. I love that my job allows me to travel all over the world.
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Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.
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As a standup comedian, I've worked almost every New Year's Eve of my adult life. It's the best-paying night of the year.
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Thanks, oftenest obtrusive.
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If you want to kill somebody, conquer his heart, Then leave slowly and leave them between death and madness.
