"I tell you, to be honest, every single one of us, without any exaggeration, every single one of us was 100 percent sure that we would all be... all be martyred, but you know, Allah chooses to take a person's life when he chooses. And we have no control over."

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Source : Interview with Robert Young Pelton, www.cnn.com. July 4, 2002.

John Walker Lindh

#Single Life Quotes #Honest Quotes #Exaggeration Quotes

“Onions make me sad, a lot of people don't realize that. When I'm cutting onions, I'm sad. Because the plight of onions, it's sad. But people don't realize I'm actually crying - they think I'm just reacting.”
“Never shoot up in the air when you're standing under it.”
“Why can't a woman be more like a man?”

Source : 'My Fair Lady' (1956) 'A Hymn to Him' (music by Frederick Loewe)
“The way I figure is we win as a team and we lose as a team, but I've got to figure out some way where I can have a better April and help the team get off to a better start. I normally heat up when it gets warm, but it would be nice to come out of April and everybody is chasing you.”
“I lived in Peckham for the first 12 years of my life and then my mum and dad decided they really didn't want to bring up their children there. So they saved up money and bought a house in Plumstead, semi-detached, three bedrooms.”
“One thing I've always been grateful for is the diversity of my listeners.”

Source : "Special guest Donnie Simpson, more on Pop Culture With Paul Farhi". The Washington Post Live Q&As, www.washingtonpost.com. February 2, 2010.
“Teach your scholar to observe the phenomena of nature; you will soon rouse his curiosity, but if you would have it grow, do not be in too great a hurry to satisfy this curiosity. Put the problems before him and let him solve them himself. Let him know nothing because you have told him, but because he has learnt it for himself. Let him not be taught science, let him discover it. If ever you substitute authority for reason he will cease to reason; he will be a mere plaything of other people's thoughts.”
“There is so much one would rather not believe until one has seen for oneself whether it is true.”

Source : Selma Lagerlöf (1936). “Mårbacka”

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