Elijah Muhammad Quotes
... and we will test you with evil and with good; and unto us shall ye be brought back.
Quotes to Explore
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San Franciscans know we live in the most beautiful city in the world, a jewel on the edge of the Golden Gate.
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My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
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The feather in your cap is to get a man you love who'll marry you.
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When you're building a show from the ground up, there are no answers or wrong move, because there's no bible.
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I achieved what I want to achieve and I want to continue doing something else.
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In the 20th century, the Muslim world created a vision of religious nationalism. Turkey, for example, had to be ethnically Turkish. Kurds, Armenians, other minorities didn't have a place in such a vision of a nation-state.
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I've had completely gray hair since, like, 30.
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Work means independence. It allowed me to shape my life on so many levels.
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I look formidable.
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The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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A publicly run health care program could compete with private insurance companies, which have a record of overcharging and underperforming.
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The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the power to tax, to float bonds, to award franchise: in short, to gain control over the financial resources of the newly organized States.
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For a found-footage-style movie, there's a definite advantage in using unknowns, because it helps sell the illusion that it's real. A known actor would get in the way of the suspension of disbelief.
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Everything was black in the harbor, but there were still some fires burning on the ships.
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My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
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Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social activism if you want to make effective changes in the world. Perhaps the most startling new insight of all is that there is no other way to effectively change the world.
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Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.
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As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every day.
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And out of good still to find means of evil.
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I'm quite a precious painter; my style is a messy fine art - sort of impressionist. I do portraits, I love painting other artists, but recently, I've been playing around with self portraits, putting on different characters.
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I post pictures that I want to post and say what I want to say. If that's three times a day or three times per month then whatever.
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... and we will test you with evil and with good; and unto us shall ye be brought back.
