Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes
One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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To gain strength in our struggles, we must have a positive perspective of the principles in the plan of salvation. We must realize that we have a personal Savior whom we can trust and turn to in our times of need.
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Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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The 77 cents that women make for every dollar men earn makes a real difference to our families - families stretching to make every dollar count.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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When you write for a comic series, many superheroes have 60 or some years of history that you are coming into.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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In 1921, Harry Houdini started his own film company called - wait for it - the Houdini Picture Corporation.
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You are not what you seem.So many people have said that that I'm beginning to think that's precisely how I do seem. What is it I seem to be that you have now discovered that I'm not?
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Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.
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We academics - I am an academic - we love complexity. You can write papers about complexity, and the nice thing about complexity is it's fundamentally intractable in many ways, so you're not responsible for outcomes.
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It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was.
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One of the achievements of the reform movement is that people realize that they can be democrats and remain faithful Muslims. Democracy is now an established idea.
