Idries Shah Quotes
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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The scene that has raised the most objections in 'The Interview' is at the very end, when Kim's head dissolves into flames. To me, it feels gratuitous.
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I never said I was a genius.
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
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The gap in education in this country, the unfairness of the schools, is one of the great unfairness in this society.
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I can't predict exactly what the TV channel of the future is, but we think more and more time spent on TV is going to be around web content and web video.
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of a trumpet part like, 'Note, when you play B naturals, make the B naturals a half step lower because they sound funny if they're B naturals.' And some guy said: 'Idiot, just put a flat on the third line and it's a key signature, you know?'
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It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
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I think we have a culture that creates heroes and then needs to knock them down, and then you have to see what the third act brings.
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Most people go to the office and sit at a desk. When firefighters go to the office, we might birth a baby in the morning, save a drowning surfer in the afternoon, and run into a fire at night. What could be more interesting than that?
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I would be happier if it were a full audience full of drag queens. It would be my dreams come true.
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I am wedded to who I am.
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Failure was being used as a weapon, rather than as an agent of learning.
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The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
