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Abdurrahman Wahid Quotes

If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.

Abdurrahman Wahid

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: indonesian
Birth: September 7, 1940 - December 30, 2009

Topics

People Now Islam Belief Defend See

Long walks force a certain meditative awareness. You're not moving so fast that you miss the world's details passing by - in fact, you can stop to inspect something that might catch your eye.

Moving World Eye Details Long You

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Man Me Night Saying Done Matter

I don't like confrontation; I just like to sing.

Sondra Radvanovsky

Sing Just Confrontation Like

I never wanted to compete on price in my history because on price, you don't always win.

History Win You Price Never Compete

Every year, the average American eats as much as 33 pounds of cheese. That's up to 60,000 calories and 3,100 grams of saturated fat. So why do we eat so much cheese? Mainly it's because the government is in cahoots with the processed food industry.

Food Government American Fat Year

Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

Michael Mandelbaum

Me American You First Policy Task

Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'

Woman Man Child People Say Knows

I don't know the science behind climate change. I can't say one way or another what is the direct impact, whether it's man-made or not.

Change Science Impact Know Say Way

I love politics, but I wouldn't want to be involved in it. Too little money, too much work! I don't really have the personality for that.

Work Love Money Personality Politics

You can safely appeal to the United Nations in the comfortable certainty that it will let you down.

Conor Cruise O'Brien

You Down Comfortable Will Certainty

Sometimes you can get stuck doing the same kind of thing over and over again, and then there's a certain moment in your life when you say, 'Wait, there's all this other stuff in me and all this other life.'

Life Moment Me Wait Doing You

I've always had a fascination with vampires. It's not that I'm exactly fascinated with the dark side. It's the human struggle with it. How we deal with those two aspects of who we are. We all have those elements.

Struggle Dark Dark Side Human Always

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