Naomi Shihab Nye Quotes

During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me - after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq - 'You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before.' And I thought, 'Well those poems did their job, because now they'll think about everything a little bit differently.'

Naomi Shihab Nye

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ChildrenJobWarMeSayingThink

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Maya Angelou

RelationshipTimeBelieveSomeone

You go to Europe, and they have their very wealthy elites, and then everybody else is, you know, a couple of steps above a peasant, basically.

Ann Coulter

YouGoKnowEuropeStepsAbove

If we do a record, and there's a reggae song, it's not shocking to us. If we do an all hip-hop song, it's not shocking to us. We all listen to that sort of music. It's not about what's in at the time; it's what feels right to us and what we're comfortable in doing.

Sonny Sandoval

MusicTimeSongDoingHip-HopRight

Music is a very personal and emotional form of communication.

Trevor Dunn

CommunicationMusicPersonalVery

A game is great, in my view, only if it can be played happily by a sane person of at least average intelligence for several hours a day for fifty years. Both pool and billiards qualify.

Robert Byrne

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Freedom only for the members of the government, only for the members of the Party - though they are quite numerous - is no freedom at all.

Rosa Luxemburg

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I was a very shy kid and really into art.

Romy Madley Croft

ArtShyKidVeryReally

I mean, do you really think Paul Krugman is checking his Twitter account every day to read what I write? Of course not. Every other day maybe, but not every day.

Michael Showalter

DayThinkYouEvery DayMeanWrite

I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.

Molly Ivins

BelieveThreeI BelieveTwoYears

My family is the engine of everything, and on a personal level, I feel peace, stability, and they give me force, which is reflected on my work, my recordings, and every time that I go out on tour. They are my base, my everything.

Luis Fonsi

WorkFamilyTimePeaceMeFeel

My wife may be the role model for our daughter in some ways, but I think I represent what she'll put up with. You know, I think one day she'll say, 'OK my dad behaved this way, so if whoever I happen to fall in love with behaves this way it's got to be OK because I love my dad.'

Jason Isbell

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I just want to be like other people that are normal.

Chris Burke

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