Leila Aboulela Quotes
That's what religion teaches: that life is a temporary thing which is going to dissolve one day.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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I didn't have a sense of being in a show business family or of being different, partly because Los Angeles is an industry town, so you don't think about it as being special.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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The Sino-Indian War in 1962 has fundamentally shaped and distorted Indian attitudes towards China. It also obscured a great deal of what has happened in China since 1962.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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Most people like to hear sounds they are used to.
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I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
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Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave.
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They say every writer really just writes about one thing over and over. I guess my one thing is how the past impacts the present.
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I just don't drink alcohol. I never have; I never will.
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According to our belief, Japan was founded by the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Omikami, who is revered by the entire nation for her all-pervading virtue, and from whom our Imperial House is descended.
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I find that if I don't have enough physical activity in life, I don't do as well with anything else in my life. It's stress relief; it's good health. It's fun. It's alone time, for the most part.
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I'm a big potato chip girl. I don't like chocolate and cakes and all that, but I have to have my potato chips. I've got bags in the back of my car right now! But I never beat myself up about it, because, look: You can't give up every damn thing. You need something in your life that you like just because you like it!
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Western countries are thoroughly accustomed to being the centre of global attention, which they have come to regard as their natural birthright. Not so China. It was thwarted in its attempt to hold the 2000 Olympics, which, as a result of American-led pressure, was awarded to Sydney.
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I believe the poet shouldn't be in the poem at all except as a lens or as ears.
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That's what religion teaches: that life is a temporary thing which is going to dissolve one day.
