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“Until people see poetry as springing from all of life, they will isolate it in a creativity corner and treat it like a mascot.”
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“Foreign aid must be viewed as an investment, not an expense.”
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“Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.”
Source : Idries Shah (2002). “Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study”, p.39, Octagon Press Ltd
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“If it's just the voice, then you can only do jokes. It's not really even about the impression so much. It's about the take and what you do with the person. I try to get a character across with the impression.”
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“Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings...It's something we make inside ourselves.”
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“I was at the vice president's Christmas party. I thought that his speech was spectacular, and I knew that it was a very emotional and difficult thing for him to do, but I admonished him for not waiting just one more stinking day.”
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“I pitch with emotion. I don't know any other way.”
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“I'd like to be known as the person who saw things from a different point of view to others.”
Source : "Shigeru Miyamoto: 'I'm the person who saw things differently'". Interview with Chris Schilling, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.