Idries Shah Quotes
A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
Idries Shah
Quotes to Explore
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Orson Welles
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
W. Clement Stone
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
A. B. Yehoshua
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
Carly Fiorina
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
E. B. White
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Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee,' you know, a hit show or whatever.
Idina Menzel
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I should have lived through the '80s, not been born in it. My style is a mix of hip-hop and '80s casual.
Michael Socha
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I was at a slight disadvantage in that I had never played in bands or done any performances before, and that's just as important as writing, recording, and putting records out. It's been a lot of hard work, balanced with a lot of pinch-myself moments of touring in crazy parts of the world.
Washed Out
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Yes, I've never inherited a penny!
William Hague
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I got jury duty and I didn't want to go, so my friend said, "You should write something really really racist on the form when you return it. Like, you should put 'I hate chinks'." And I said, "I'm not going to put that on there just to get out of jury duty. I don't want people to think that about me." So instead I wrote, "I love chinks." And who doesn't?
Sarah Silverman
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A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
Idries Shah
