Khalil Gibran Quotes
What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
Quotes to Explore
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
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The father figure doesn't impress me. I have a very friendly relationship with my father, but that wasn't always the case. My mother had custody, and I only saw him every other weekend. I never knew him well enough for him to inspire me.
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Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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The difference was you worked for Nixon, and with Ford.
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I think New York audiences are some of the brightest in the world, and certainly the most enthusiastic.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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Capitalism is war; socialism is peace.
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The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.
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Protecting eagles from the threat of extinction is a conservation success story that we must prudently safeguard for future generations to come.
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The greedy man is he who habitually eats too much, knowing that he is injuring his bodily health thereby, and this is a vice to which not the gourmet but the gourmand is a slave.
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It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay.
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The power of a label and radio and a booking agency and all that - you never know until you experience it the first time, but being able to have a song on radio, but then go play a show for people that have heard the song on radio, and having it sung back to you, is - I don't know how to describe it.
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The Guardian's 'Word of Mouth' blog bridges the gap between blogging and serious food journalism.
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In his younger days a man dreams of possessing the heart of the woman whom he loves; later, the feeling that he possesses the heart of a woman may be enough to make him fall in love with her.
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In one era the majority puts its faith and sympathy with the bullfighter, in another with the bull.
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What is this world that is hastening me toward I know not what, viewing me with contempt?
