Ibrahim Hooper Quotes
As mainstream religious leaders of different faiths get together, it strengthens the voice of moderation.
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My first 'Tonight Show' was just one of those things - I mean this seriously - a cosmic, meant-to-be coming together of circumstance. You walk out there to do your first 'Tonight Show': Is the audience going to be hot? Are you going to be on fire? It's like an athlete: Are you going to have your moves at a peak?
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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All my books are optimistic!
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My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
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Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting for them while they ski and eat chocolate.
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Cooking and eating at home is made even better by the fact that you don't have to worry about driving after a couple of bottles of very nice wine. For me that's the ideal combination: working hard and enjoying the fruits of your labour.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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I bungee-jump, skydive, surf and snowboard.
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People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.
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There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a small boy in the front put up his hand: 'Could it have been the food, sir?
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As one of my creative writing professors once said, there are only seven plots. What makes those plots different is how you handle them, your voice, your style, and your way of thinking. That’s all. People can mimic your style, but they can never achieve your unique point of view.
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As mainstream religious leaders of different faiths get together, it strengthens the voice of moderation.
