"The Quran says nothing about the veil, except for an injunction to veil the bosom, which is obvious. As for the face, Muhammad's wife Khadijeh never wore the veil, nor did the other wives of the Prophet after Khadijeh died. [...] The ulema have twisted the Quran with their hadith, always twisting it toward those in power, until the message Muhammad laid out so clearly, straight from God, has been reversed, and good Muslim women are made like slaves again, or worse."

Source : "The Years of Rice and Salt". Book by Kim Stanley Robinson, 2002.

Kim Stanley Robinson

#Wife Quotes #Veils Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Your boss is only human and just wants the best from you.”

Source : "My first boss: Naomie Harris". Interview with Tola Awogbamiye, www.theguardian.com. February 21, 2003.
“You have to develop a very thick skin.”
“The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.”

Source : Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.19, HarperCollins UK
“Many a husband lives to regret the extravagant fee he bestowed upon the minister who sentenced him.”
“If you want to know what's really going on in a society or ideology, follow the money. If money is flowing to advertising instead of musicians, journalists, and artists, then a society is more concerned with manipulation than truth or beauty.”

Source : Jaron Lanier (2010). “You Are Not a Gadget”, p.83, Vintage
“You can use the law of attraction to create your whole life in advance, right down to the next thing you are doing today.”
“I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever seen, are spoken word poems that, when you see them, you're aware of the fact they need to be performed. That there's something about that poem that you would not be able to understand if you were just reading it on a piece of paper.”
“Entrepreneurship is â€œriskyâ€ mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.”

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