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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I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book - or my kids will have to go to foster care.
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I was a social worker most of my life while raising my two boys.
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Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.
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Sarcasm doesn't translate in print at all.
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That's what religion teaches: that life is a temporary thing which is going to dissolve one day.
