"...we must learn -once again- to regard Islam as the norm by which the world is to be judged."

-- Muhammad Asad

#Islam Quotes #World Quotes #Norm Quotes

“Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money.”
“Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks.”

Source : Roger A. Caras (1993). “A Dog Is Listening: The Way Some of Our Closest Friends View Us”, p.198, Simon and Schuster
“What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by a government determined to suppress political opposition under the guise of sedition.”
“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.”
“The listener has a responsibility that not everyone wants to take, especially if you are putting on the new Top 40 record.”
“Surrendering to jargon is a sign of journalism's dismal lack of self-confidence in the optimized age of content-management systems.”

Source : "Telling Stories About the Future of Journalism" by George Packer, www.newyorker.com. January 27, 2014.
“My father raised me to think independently and follow my own path in life.”
“I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.”

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