"Muhammad's is one of those rare lives that is more dramatic in reality than in legend. In fact the less one invokes the miraculous, the more extraordinary his life becomes. What emerges is something grander precisely because it is human, to the extent that his actual life reveals itself worthy of the word 'legendary'."

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Source : Lesley Hazleton (2013). “The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad”, p.14, Penguin

Lesley Hazleton

#Reality Quotes #Legends Quotes #Facts Quotes

“If they tell you that she died of sleeping pills you must know that she died of a wasting grief, of a slow bleeding at the soul.”
“I know itâ€™s been 15 years since the Bills made the playoffs. Well get ready, man, weâ€™re going. We are going.”
“The blues arenâ€™t pessimistic. Weâ€™re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark.”
“Fish sticks and beef stew that millions of children love to hate.”
“I'm not planning a career change - not unless they need someone who constantly falls on the ice and is out of breath all the time.”
“That being said, I think we should immediately deprecate any string concatenation that combines '19' with '99'.”
“Carl Rinsch has a good balance between the visual and the drama and action, so I thought if he's going to direct, we can make a new, epic film. My fear was gone when I met him.”

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