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Idries Shah Quotes

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: indian
Birth: June 16, 1924 - November 23, 1996

Topics

Giving You Want Take Give Cannot

I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office.

Day Politics People Promises Early

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

School High School Newspaper High

We will see growth in the U.S., and we will selectively acquire in the U.S., but we prefer to use our global opportunity.

John T. Chambers

Growth Opportunity Will See Global

I've been doing Pride and Prejudice all summer, so suddenly the chance to be holed up with a bunch of marines is quite attractive, and probably a necessary dose of male energy.

Chance Energy Pride Doing Summer Up

A person's credit report is one of the most important tools consumers can use to maintain their financial security and credit rating, but for so long many did not know how to obtain one, or what to do with the information it provided.

Finance Financial Tools Credit Long

Cleaning isn't all that interesting to me. I'm disorganized.

Me Interesting Cleaning Disorganized

I have a completely addictive personality. Diet Coke is my last - God, I know people counting days off Diet Coke; I'm such a Diet Cokehead. Now I won't let myself buy it.

God Myself Personality People Diet

I actually built a tiny computer as a junior high school project.

School High School Project High Tiny

Today, education does not give you the wisdom and the understanding; it only indoctrinates you to believe something. So the mind knows very less but accepts so many things; it may be science, it may be technology, it may be anything.

Education Technology Wisdom Today

The one who really captured me and became my absolute favorite was Nat King Cole. He was a genius at what he did. Most people don't realize what a great pianist he was. After listening to him for years, I finally met him, and he was the nicest human being.

Great King People Me Listening Him

After spending more than 17 years playing for the NBA, in the summertime, I always came back to community service and different basketball clinics.

Dikembe Mutombo

Community Service Basketball Back

I'm always going to be working on my English, and I'm always going to work on my English so that I can do different characters from different nationalities.

Work I Can Always Going English

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