Idries Shah Quotes
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.Idries Shah
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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.
Sam Crawford -
The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
Edgar Wright -
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.
Ibrahim Hooper -
Creating things sometimes is difficult.
Warren Littlefield -
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.
Barbara Demick -
I never said I was a genius.
Orson Welles
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
Saint Augustine -
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.
Salar Kamangar -
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Edmund Burke -
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.
Pat Paulsen -
Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
Fernando Pessoa -
I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.
Hamdi Ulukaya
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
Harrison Birtwistle -
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.
Parker Palmer -
I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
Barbara Bush -
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?'
Quincy Jones -
It was difficult to realize, 'I'm lieutenant governor.' And Brown appropriately reminded me of that.
Gavin Newsom -
Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
Walid Jumblatt
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Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
Sam Harris -
The purest idealism is unconsciously equivalent to the deepest knowledge.
Adolf Hitler -
Is it true, the world works hard and we play? Is that why we're hated so much?
Ray Bradbury -
If you take away scale, the nature of the story changes. I made a joke the other day: if I were to try to make 'Glory' now, rather than be about a regiment, it would be about a platoon. It would be seven men in the woods rather than all the men on the beach.
Edward Zwick -
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
Idries Shah