Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes

Staying chaste until marriage, a commandment of my faith, was one of the most difficult challenges of my young life. I had a powerful sense that if I did not get a grip on my identity, my ethics, and my religion, I would go off the rails.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

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LifeMarriageFaithReligionEthics

My favorite thing is just walking in the woods. I can do it for days on end without tiring of it.

Jim Harrison

WoodsEndWalkingI CanWithout

We can't sit around waiting for big government, big business, big religion etc. to save us. We need to get informed and take inspired action.

Jillian Michaels

BusinessReligionGovernmentWaiting

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

John C. Maxwell

LifeTimePurposePeopleActivities

Wimbledon, for me, is the most important tournament of the year, so you know there's always going to be people expecting me to do well.

Andy Murray

PeopleMeYearYouKnowImportant

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Soren Kierkegaard

LifeRealityProblemExperienced

I tried to make up for being 5 ft. 3 in. by affecting a strut and adopting the voice of a much bigger man... dating tall, beautiful women... But nothing I could do, after Ava had left me, would add a single inch to my height.

Mickey Rooney

WomenBeautifulManDatingMeVoice

At 16, I was going to church and playing music for church, and Dad would only pay for piano lessons so I could play at church.

Lizz Wright

MusicChurchPlayPayPianoGoing

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference.

Jay Leno

TodayTruthDayLieHonorNow

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.

Joni Mitchell

GoodTimeBookSomeoneBadGo

Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny.

Don Sutton

LuckYourFannyBy-ProductBusting

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Christopher Morley

WordsNeverSlumpWhichCommodity

For me, I love exploring ideas and throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what fits, and if I had a really nice collaborative team around me who could deal with the more day-to-day minutia, that would be fun. And directing sometime in the future and writing... yeah, I can see that all in my future. But I can be incredibly lazy.

Chris Pine

LoveFutureFunMeIdeasTeam

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