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“Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.”
Source : Time Magazine (New York), November 11, 1974.
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“If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I show you some of me. It's not a show no more.”
Source : "Exclusive: Eddie Murphy on His Return to Music and the Stage". Interview with Brian Hiatt, www.rollingstone.com. September 9, 2013.
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“It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.”
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“I'm not particularly keen on pity. Pity takes something away from grief. People think they're sharing it, but really they're just taking some. I prefer to keep my grief intact.”
Source : Elizabeth Jane Howard (2012). “Getting It Right”, p.240, Pan Macmillan
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“People learn the most when teaching others.”
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“The way to experience ultimate happiness is to let go of all worries and regrets, and to know that being happy is the most satisfying of life's feelings. Reflect back on all the progress in your life and allow the positive, creative and joyous thoughts to outshine and overwhelm any sorrow or grief that may linger in the recesses of your mind. Knowing that disease and disaster are natural parts of life is the key to overcoming adversity with a calm and happy spirit. Happiness is waiting there in front of you. Only you can decide whether or not you choose to experience it. Take this to heart.”
Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
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“I don't leave my neighborhood. I don't go anywhere. There are four blocks I live in and there are two coffee shops, one at each end of the block... so I don't do much driving... Some people would say they never see me because I don't go anywhere. I stay in the blue state of Nashville, in my bubble.”
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“In a world that has ceased to believe in sin, the artist is responsible for the preaching.”