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Maajid Nawaz Quotes

I realised that the idea of enforcing sharia is not consistent with Islam as it's been practised from the beginning. In other words, Islam has always been secular, and I had been totally ignorant of the fact.

Maajid Nawaz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: british

Topics

Beginning Words Islam Ignorant Been

I'm very much a glass-is-half-full guy.

Jimmi Simpson

Guy Much Very

Walking out into the bush still feels the same as when I first came to Kenya in 1989, on the day the Berlin Wall came down.

Jochen Zeitz

Day Walking Down Wall First Out

I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other.

John McEnroe

People Me Go Always See Greatest

Most young comedians would be lying to say that they weren't huge Weird Al fans when they were kids. Weird Al is probably the first person I ever realized had a career that was just making jokes.

Trevor Moore

Weird Career Person Young Say Lying

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

Roger Ebert

Great Time You New Movies See

That young man that I was in 1988 - I was insecure. Besides making good music, I wanted to be cool; I wanted to be accepted and stuff.

Rodney Crowell

Good Music Man Cool Young Young Man

I'm all for philosophical debates about race, but if you look at history, you see that the status quo has power when it's unchallenged. So these conversations about inequality are crucial.

Ruth Negga

Power History You Look Inequality

I have to be invested spiritually, emotionally, and psychologically to do theater. I can't do it to make a living. I have four kids, a couple of grandkids, and two mortgages.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Living Two Spiritually Kids Four

I gotta make money - it all tends to disappear in this field.

Josh Brolin

Money Disappear Make Field Gotta

All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.

Chevy Chase

Car Training Brother Back Now First

I don't like the fact that there are so few women in rap.

Cheryl James

Women Rap Like Fact Few Few Women

Everything can be grist for the muse. Sometimes, writers draw on personal experiences. 'Ghoul' was just that.

Brian Keene

Sometimes Personal Muse Everything