Khalil Gibran Quotes

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Khalil Gibran

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: lebanese
  • Birth: January 6, 1883 - April 10, 1931

Topics

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What I wanted to do in talking about basketball in 'Hoop Roots' was retrieve the game as something to participate in, not to watch.

John Edgar Wideman

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The most important aspect of my signing with the WFL was not to demean or undermine the National Football League, but rather to make professional football a form of employment where management recognizes its workers as individuals capable of communicating on an intelligent level.

John Matuszak

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The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost.

John Jay Chapman

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You can't be a human and a guy and not connect with Pippin... I often feel like Pippin. I come offstage sometimes like 'Oh my God, I've got to do this next time! I've gotta go there. I'm going to make this choice.'

Matthew James Thomas

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Being honest with the public is how they respect you.

Angel Haze

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Just being attached to 'Superman' actually gave a great boost to my career.

Matt Bomer

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Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

YouSometimesSayThey SayTwoHead

Organisation can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgement.

Louis D. Brandeis

InitiativeNeverJudgementSubstitute

A combination of tenacity and luck brought me here today.

Judy Sheindlin

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There's something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.

Jon Krakauer

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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Douglas Adams

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There has always been a strange dissonance between the public and the private in Nigeria.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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