Idries Shah Quotes
Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.
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I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is fair enough.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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It is a great delusion in those whose understanding has been darkened by self-love, to think that there is any obedience in the subject who tries to draw the superior to what he wishes.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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My message to the kids and our fans is hockey's a great game. There's a lot of hockey being played at all levels. Get involved, do it. We will be back and we will be back better than ever and hopefully as soon as possible. Don't give up on the game. It's too good.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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My EP, 'Room 93,' was all about isolation - it was based on the idea of being in a hotel room and being totally alone with yourself or that other person.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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The reason why I moved from Young Thug to Jeffery was because I felt like I did a wrong turn.
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I work with some of the funniest writers in the country.
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Being a celebrity is a business.
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We all love to be admired and given compliments, but I don't really keep track.
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A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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To disclose too much of one's inventions and achievements is one and the same thing as to give up the fruit of one's ingenuity.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.
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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.
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Music is a good way to channel your fragile, vulnerable, needy side, but it's also something to rejoice in.
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I have crooked toes from wearing boots that didn't fit me because that's all I could afford as a kid.
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Be willing to launch in faith, with no guarantees of success. This is the mark of personal greatness
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Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.
