"I'm Chinese-American, of course, and so it's very interesting to see China actually launch their own astronauts, becoming the third nation, following the United States and Russia, to do so."

-- Leroy Chiao

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“I was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced.”
“Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.”
“Can't is for pussies.”
“When we think about Islamic feminism, it is not just about women's rights. It's about a more progressive and tolerant expression of Islam in the world for all people. Women's rights is one aspect of it, it's not the end-all, but I also think that the women's issue is the strongest entry point that we've got to challenging extremism. You raise a woman's issue and you get the backs of the conservatives up against the wall faster than just about any other issue in our community. It's the fastest path that we've got to making change happen.”

Source : "Mohammed was a Feminist". Interview With April Dembosky, www.motherjones.com. December 19, 2005.
“Young man the simple answer is: land, land and land. No-one gives up land. Ever.”

Source : "Review of Guest Speaker Dr Munir Butt". Yale Daily News, 1994.
“We do not know enough about how the present will lead into the future. We shall never be able to say, "Ha! My perception, my accounting for that series, will indeed cover its next and future components," or "Next time I meet with these phenomena, I shall be able to predict their total course.”
“The secret of spiritual success is a hunger that persistsâ€¦It is an awful condition to be satisfied with oneâ€™s spiritual attainmentsâ€¦God was and is looking for hungry, thirsty people.”
“I like to sing in the car with the windows rolled down and hair blowing all over my face.”

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