"I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West."

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Source : "Learning How To Be King". Interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, www.nytimes.com. February 6, 2000.

Abdallah II

#East Quotes #Culture Quotes #West Quotes

“Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.”
“I am a smiling depressive.”
“When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee.”
“Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.”
“Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woe. No path is wholly rough.”
“On Hallowe'en the old ghosts come about us, and they speak to some; to others they are dumb.”

Source : Eleanor Farjeon (2013). “The New Book of Days”, p.372, Random House
“You'll have to fall in love at least once in your life, or Paris has failed to rub off on you.”
“There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious. Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.”

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