Tariq Ramadan Quotes
The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes. We have this construction today that the West and Islam are entirely separate worlds. This is wrong.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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I was a very focused kid. I always had this crazy lifestyle... billions of jobs, two hours of gymnastics every day, handball, anything with a ball, really. I must have had ADHD or something. I was very energetic, and very small. I didn't start growing until the last year of high school.
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I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.
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Utahns deserve well thought out policy and plans.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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I want to give a child a life who wouldn't be given a life. I want a child that nobody else wants.
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When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.
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Corporate nationalism to me is a little bit like what would have happened if Hitler had won. It's scary stuff. It's totalitarianism in a different from, under a different flavour.
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I used to love to create outfits, and I still do - I just don't have the time. How can you wear one thing and never wear it again? Even my wedding dress - I had a dress made that I could wear again. I'm a child of the depression, so I'm very, very practical.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York. I was always in the plays in school. I was either going to be an actor or an athlete or a soldier. Those were kind of the three paths that I always kind of embarked on.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it.
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'How do they feel about demons off in Atur?' he asked.'Scared.' My father tapped his temple. 'All that religion makes their brains soft.'
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I think the thing that I really wanna bring is that I have a full world of music and imagination and ideas that I want to create as an artist, and that's my main thing that I want to do.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.
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The philosophical connection between the Islamic world and the West is much closer than I thought. Doubt did not begin with Descartes. We have this construction today that the West and Islam are entirely separate worlds. This is wrong.
