Hamza Yusuf Quotes

The entrenched beliefs many westerners profess about Islam often reveal more about the West than they do about Islam or Muslims.

Hamza Yusuf

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You can't go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you've got to keep it over your shoulder.

Joe Slovo

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I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages that I have studied as languages. And I find that to be central and very, very helpful. I think if you're not really cognizant of what every single word means, I think that might be a little tricky.

Jessye Norman

SpeakThinkYouFindSinglePretend

I'd always told people that I would have liked to pursue some sort of professional fight career. I don't know if I'm quite right for it, since I'm extremely prone to injury. I've been boxing for a couple years, and I've messed around with some Jiu-Jitsu, and I've always felt that there's such a passion in a real fighter's heart.

Matt Cohen

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Tony Blair is an extremely popular figure in North America. His memoir is refreshing, both for its candour and vivid portrayal of political life.

Sonny Mehta

LifePoliticalAmericaRefreshing

Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

Stewart Udall

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Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

Sting

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I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

Diane Cilento

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Most young people have tremendous respect for older people's views.

Dennis Prager

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I was, without exaggeration, a delinquent teenager.

Clara Hughes

WithoutExaggerationTeenager

After earning my Ph.D., I stayed at the Max-Planck Institute as a postdoc, working on laser excitation of Rydberg states of triatomic hydrogen and helium hydride. I also succeeded in analyzing all the emission spectra of helium hydride, which I had discovered during my Ph.D.

Wolfgang Ketterle

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Beauty is being in harmony with what you are.

Peter Nivio Zarlenga

BeautyYouHarmonyBeing

I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I've had for as long as I can remember.

Shawn Mendes

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