Maya Soetoro-Ng Quotes

My father saw Islam as a way to connect with the community. He never went to prayer services except for big communal events. I am absolutely certain that my father did not go to services every Friday. He was not religious.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

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FatherCommunityPrayerI AmFriday

We all live in the same house, we all must be part of the effort to hold down our little house. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just... do something about it. Say something. Have the courage. Have the backbone. Get in the way. Walk with the wind. It's all going to work out.

John Lewis

WorkLiveCourageWalkEffortWind

In 1957's 'There's No You,' Sinatra is suspended at the intersection of a loss he can't face and a memory he can't relinquish.

Steve Erickson

MemoryFaceLossYouHeSuspended

No one wants to live in a wheelchair unable to talk, only winking once for yes and twice for no. It's perfectly reasonable that there will come a point where the balance of judgment of life over death swings the other way.

Tony Judt

LifeLiveDeathBalanceWayTalk

I don't think the arts would have been as meaningful to me if I hadn't grown up in Harlem.

Ruby Dee

MeThinkMeaningfulUpArtsBeen

I love being not cool.

Rufus Wainwright

LoveCoolBeingI Love

I used to get beat up by my brothers, and that kind of built me into the man I am.

Luke Rockhold

ManI AmMeKindUpBeat

Free migration within Europe means that countries that have done a better job at reducing unemployment will predictably end up with more than their fair share of refugees. Workers in these countries bear the cost in depressed wages and higher unemployment, while employers benefit from cheaper labor.

Joseph Stiglitz

JobFreeEndBetterLaborDone

I believe a voice is a voice. I could wear a box on my head and still have a good voice.

Jorja Smith

GoodBelieveVoiceI BelieveHead

Football is a sport of paradox. It requires reaction, not reflection. Yet you must use your mind to calculate, to anticipate - to think and not think at the same time.

Dhani Jones

TimeReflectionFootballMindThink

Fans should be encouraged that I want to try different things.

Chris Cornell

WantTryThingsFansDifferent

If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal.

Brigitte Bardot

RulesGoalUpsetAgainstSomePart

We buy a bottle of water in the city, where clean water comes out in its taps. You know, back in 1965, if someone said to the average person, 'You know in thirty years you are going to buy water in plastic bottles and pay more for that water than for gasoline?' Everybody would look at you like you're completely out of your mind.

Paul Watson

WaterCityMindSomeoneYouLook

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