Tariq Ramadan Quotes
Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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Blackness is a state of mind, and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when I walk into a room, people see a black woman, they don't see a white woman. So out of that reason alone, I identify more with the black community.
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Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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I have a vast curiosity about our universe, our origins, and its probable future.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Women drive box office.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I developed this - I don't know, like a burning love, almost, inside of me that I just wanted to get up, and I just wanted to skate every single day and get better.
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My motivation and aspiration is the same, being number one or being number five. So that's the truth. And my goal is the same - it's to always be happy playing, it's to enjoy the game and improve always.
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I want to be a major force.
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Physical comedy is my favorite thing in the world to do.
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Have an anchor so that life doesn't toss you around.
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Adaptation seems to be, to a substantial extent, a process of reallocating your attention.
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It's unfortunate, I've been the victim of some Australian press.
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Do not let the bread of the hungry mildew in your larder! Do not let moths eat the poor man's cloak. Do not store the shoes of the barefoot. Do not hoard the money of the needy. Things you possess in too great abundance belong to the poor and not to you. You are the thief who steals from God if you are able to help your neighbor and refuse to do it.
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Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life must work to overcome useless and counterproductive polarisation, and to find solutions to domestic, regional and international problems.
