Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes

We no longer claim that a genuinely religious government can be democratic, but that it cannot be otherwise.

Abdolkarim Soroush

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GovernmentDemocraticCannotClaim

Before you try to convince anyone else, be sure you are convinced, and if you cannot convince yourself, drop the subject.

John Henry Patterson

YourselfYouTryConvinceDropSure

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.

Max Beckmann

LoveHatePaintingBelieveNothing

Don't focus on weekly or monthly returns.

John Paulson

FocusWeeklyReturnsMonthly

Don't listen to some outside interpretation - do the scene as it makes sense to you and the other actor.

Stephen Henderson

YouActorListenOutsideSenseSome

No plan survives contact with the enemy.

Tommy Franks

PlanEnemyContactSurvives

There is no 'I.' That's an illusion we've got to get beyond.

Tom Shadyac

IllusionBeyondGotGet

I love being on the sea and the rolling of the ship, and for me, it's not really happening until we get a little wave action going, I love that feeling.

Roger McGuinn

LoveSeaMeActionShipWave

I think all the history of the Jewish people is about adaptation.

Michel Hazanavicius

HistoryPeopleThinkJewishI Think

The strength that I have comes from irrigating the citrus plantation, ploughing in the vineyard, guarding the melon fields at night. I believe that's what gave me the strength.

Ariel Sharon

StrengthMeNightBelieveI Believe

O! Let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven; keep me in temper; I would not be mad!

William Shakespeare

MeSweetHeavenMadTemperKeep

It is wonderful to be in the country in a glass house, because no matter what happens out there, you're nice and safe, you know, cuddled in your little bed, and there it is, raging storms, snowing - wonderful.

Philip Johnson

YouHouseCountryKnowNiceGlass

When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern is that the daily barrage of proposals and political statements is making markets and consumers even more nervous. Still, Brussels is pressing for a joint European approach.

Peer Steinbruck

DailyWorldPoliticalLookDebate

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