Idries Shah Quotes
Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.Idries Shah
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I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens.
Osman Baydemir -
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
Quintilian -
Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world.
Harley Viera-Newton -
The only power you have is the word no.
Frances McDormand -
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
Karl Kraus -
I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
Earl Warren
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Just as we might take Darwin as an example of the normal extraverted thinking type, the normal introverted thinking type could be represented by Kant. The one speaks with facts, the other relies on the subjective factor. Darwin ranges over the wide field of objective reality, Kant restricts himself to a critique of knowledge.
Carl Jung -
I hate competition.
Marat Safin -
Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
Victor Hugo -
The wind is a very difficult sound to get. It's always changing.
Captain Beefheart -
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
Paris Hilton
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
Karolina Kurkova -
I think we've learned that the S.B.A. plays a critical role in providing access and opportunity when the market is not providing that access. We help banks get that money out into the hands of important and viable businesses, particularly those owned by minorities, women, immigrants and veterans.
Karen Mills -
In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.
Oleg Cassini -
War triggers unforeseeable military dynamics and sets off massive political shocks, creating new problems as well as new opportunities.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.
Aaron Johnson -
Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.
Valentina Matviyenko
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Right now I'm still only 25 and I don't think the maternal bug has hit me yet.
Karrie Webb -
History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.
Lin-Manuel Miranda -
I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have to take driver's ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it.
Fiona Apple -
We knew that if we had to win the World Cup, the defensive side of the game had to be better, which means bowlers will have to bowl tight and we will have to field better.
Ricky Ponting -
For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.
Aldous Huxley -
Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
Idries Shah