Feisal Abdul Rauf Quotes
In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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My hope that Thatcher would inadvertently bring about a new political revolution was well and truly bogus. All that sprang out of Thatcherism were extreme financialisation, the triumph of the shopping mall over the corner store, the fetishisation of housing and Tony Blair.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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You just have to take control of your own performance.
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
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Strangely enough, the first character in Fried Green Tomatoes was the cafe, and the town. I think a place can be as much a character in a novel as the people.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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As I always like to keep in mind about everything: Don't fight the trend.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.
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As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.
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I'd done an EP, and nothing came from that, and I didn't know where to go from there.
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I think men, growing up, you have to go through some form of hardship. You've got to harden the metal.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.