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Talal Asad

"I do not think there is such a thing as a "clash of civilizations." When I say that Muslims as Muslims cannot be represented in the West, I was being ironic, and also referring to the fact that ninety percent of the time when people talk about "the problem of Muslims" in the West, it is to complain about the fact that Muslims have not "integrated.""

Source : "Do Muslims Belong in the West? An Interview with Talal Asad". Interview with Hasan Azad, www.jadaliyya.com. February 3, 2015.

Talal Asad

#Thinking Quotes #Civilization Quotes #People Quotes

“Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand.”
“My whole life long I have done nothing but interpret my dreams of ultimate masculinity, and draw them.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The quality of your life was determined by the quality of your service. I'm attracted to characters who have a higher calling, who want to serve in ways where you get beyond the comfortable service and you get into the space of the sacrificial. And I really am attracted to characters who just want to do things that brighten the world. That probably is the central aspect of my personality.”
“I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs.”
“Growing up knowing that I wanted to be a sportscaster and knowing that the best school in the country was right in my back yard, I certainly knew all there was to know about Marty Glickman and about people like Bob Costas and Marv Albert and all of the other greats that have passed through there.”
“Did you stand there in shock at the sight of that black smoke rising against that blue sky? Did you shout out in anger, in fear of your neighbor, or did you just sit down and cry?”

Source : "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)". Song by Alan Jackson, November 26, 2001.
“I've got asthma. When I was 17 I forgot to take my medication and was taken to a hospital for almost two weeks. After that I've taken better care of my illness.”
“I have made more friends for American culture than the State Department. Certainly I have made fewer enemies, but that isn't very difficult.”

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