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Annie Besant Quotes

There is far more misunderstanding of Islam than there is, I think, of the other religions of the world. So many things are said of it by those who do not belong to that faith.

Annie Besant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: philosopher
Nationality: english
Birth: October 1, 1847 - September 20, 1933

Topics

Faith World Think Said Islam More

I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.

Angela Davis

Leadership Myself Never Individual

A text of Tibetan Buddhism describes the time of death as a unique opportunity for spiritual liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth and a period that determines our next incarnation.

Stanislav Grof

Opportunity Time Death Spiritual Our

The Senkaku islands are inherently Japanese territory. I want to show my strong determination to prevent this from changing.

Shinzo Abe

Determination Strong Want Changing

The rules or 'laws' of poetry are only tentative devices, an approximate scheme. There is no Sinaitic recipe for poetry, for the individual poem is the norm.

Louis MacNeice

Poetry Rules Recipe Individual Laws

I always wanted to act. To be with my friends. To share something with the audience about the human condition.

Jason Robards

Friends Human Always Audience Act

Harbour Island in the Bahamas is beautiful, with turquoise water and pink sand.

Diane von Furstenberg

Beautiful Water Pink Sand Island

I understand that it's a huge luxury for people to dwell on the problems in Washington. Things have to be pretty tidy in your own life that you have the time to worry about what's going on in Washington. Most of us spend our time worrying about the things that are directly around us: our love lives, our careers, and our banking accounts.

Doug Liman

Life Love Time People Problems You

We'll set our approach to borrowing, to spending, to taxation, in a sensible way on a sensible timescale.

Douglas Alexander

Way Borrowing Taxation Approach Set

When you have four guys in a room writing songs, it different. It's great - that's what makes a band a band. Audioslave was great.

Chris Cornell

Great Writing You Band Room Four

Turning a zombie pandemic into a generic disaster movie robs the zombies of their dirty, nasty edginess and robs the disaster of its epic scope.

Annalee Newitz

Dirty Disaster Nasty Zombie Epic

Many years ago, it was my opportunity to serve as president of the Canadian Mission. There we had a branch with very limited priesthood. We always had a missionary presiding over the branch. I received a strong impression that we needed to have a member of the branch preside there.

Thomas S. Monson

Opportunity Strong Mission President

Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think.

Tim Sample

Work Children Think Interesting You