Said Nursi Quotes

The magnificent cosmos is a palace that has the sun and the moon as its lamps and the stars as its candles; time is like a rope or ribbon hung within it, on to which the Glorious Creator each year threads a new world.

Said Nursi

Recitation: by Male by Female

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StarsTimeSunMoonWorldYear

I used to work for a non-profit organization where I worked as a mentor and a counselor to first-generation college student and they kept asking me 'What can I read to try to know what I'm about to be in for,' and while I did have some good suggestions, I figured... I don't know that that book is out there, and that's sort of why I had to write it.

Jennine Capó Crucet

WorkGoodCollegeMeOrganization

Extracting oil from the tar sands is a nasty, polluting, energy-intensive business.

Jeff Goodell

BusinessOilNastySandsPolluting

I did some pretty bad things as a teenager. When I was 13, I took my friend's mom's car out for a joyride, and I actually managed to hit somebody else's car. No one was hurt, but needless to say, I didn't get behind the wheel again until I had my driver's license.

Amanda Righetti

FriendCarMomHurtBadWheel

If you can make money with your talents, why not?

Steve Prefontaine

MoneyYouWhyTalentsWhy NotYour

I always come back to the piano. It's like home.

Sigrid

HomeBackAlwaysPianoComeLike

I spend plenty of time in London and it doesn't scare me, but it's a lonely place, even if you've got friends there. My job takes me all around the world, meeting lots of interesting people. But I think if I couldn't get home, if I couldn't get back to what I consider my real life I'd be frightened.

Shirley Henderson

LifeHomeTimeJobPeopleWorld

I grew up in a family where you could never be the center of attention.

Ronan Farrow

FamilyAttentionYouNeverUpWhere

I don't get jealous of people. Jealousy is such a waste of time because you're jealous of them, and they go about their lives and have a wonderful time, so what's the point?

Joy Behar

TimeJealousyPeopleJealousYouGo

I get to actually say I am a Stanford man. There's no if, ands, or buts about it.

Devon Cajuste

ManI AmSayGetStanfordActually

I'm an actor. If you had said to me before I started acting that I'd get two bites of the cherry - you would do things that people will remember forever like 'The Brothers' which I did in the '70s and now 'Doctor Who' - I'd have been overjoyed and I still am.

Colin Baker

PeopleMeDoctorRememberActing

When you're doing any event on an elite level, you're in tune with your body.

Ashton Eaton

DoingYouBodyYour BodyLevelYour

There were no tourists. Beer was illegal. There was only government television and no television on Thursdays or in the summer.

Aslaug Magnusdottir

GovernmentBeerTelevisionSummer

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