Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes

In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.

Feisal Abdul Rauf

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There's so much nostalgia for music from the past.

Jens Lekman

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I'm a big believer in the value of labor unions and with what collective effort gets people.

John Wells

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I started with Bobby Darin. He signed me to Capitol when I was 15. I was 14, getting ready to be 15. Then the next encounter I had was with I think Peggy Lee. I sang background with The Blossoms with Darlene Love.

Merry Clayton

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I have seen incredible bravery from very young guys, the young generation that people write off.

Ross Kemp

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Greenies have been part of the clubhouse culture longer than card games.

Michael Wilbon

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He's nice enough not to want to be associated with a nasty remark but not nice enough not to make it. Lacking the courage of one's nastiness does not make one nice.

Michael Kinsley

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I may be wrong in that, but not I think in putting the questions. In our modern democracy the government needs not a unanimous but a general support for war before it orders our forces to fight.

Douglas Hurd

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I love to play in the middle to be in contact with the ball all the time. I'm very happy to play in that position.

David Silva

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I believe firmly that in making ethical decisions, man has the prerogative of true freedom of choice.

Corliss Lamont

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There are a lot of things in Queen albums that you don't expect; that's why we threw them in.

Brian May

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My wife and I use a lot of garlic and rosemary with roast lamb. It has to be New Zealand lamb. The domestic variety is too gamy, in my experience.

Alfred Molina

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I worked for a charity for a while, but... well, I started acting while I was in high school. I kind of just got lucky enough to live at my parents' house until I was actually making enough money to be somebody's roommate.

Shannon Woodward

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