Hafez Quotes
People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
Quotes to Explore
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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The world is too violent right now.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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War is over if you want it.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasn't made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.
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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
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Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
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I started coming up to New York at age 17. There was a girl I met over the summer somewhere; I was chasing her. I would drive up to D.C., where I had made some friends, which was about four hours away, and we would take the bus up to New York.
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I feel like some of my baby fat is going away, and that's not just physically, it's psychologically. I think that your body is in tune with your mind and your spirituality and your heart. If things are going better, I just think you look better.
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There doesn't seem to be a religion in 'Game of Thrones' that's totally peaceful... we haven't seen any Buddhists.
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A government that says what it means, and means what it says.
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People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
