"My favourite spectator sport is watching people who should know better searching for something (and often claiming to find it) where it never could be. Women claiming to find feminism in Islam is a good one."

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Source : "Music to the ears". www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2003.

Julie Burchill

#Sports Quotes #People Quotes #Islam Quotes

“One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it.”
“In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast. Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises, But blessedness dwells in the human breast.”
“I won't let you close enough to hurt me.”

Source : Song: Turning Tables, Album: 21, 2011
“There was so much anti-Irish sentiment not just from other kids at the school I went to in Britain, but also the teachers themselves. I remember very clearly a lot of the things people said to me and my sisters. And of course those sentiments go back a long way. When my dad visited London in the 50s and was looking for somewhere to stay, there were signs outside boarding houses that said "No blacks, no Irish."”
“Listen to advice, but follow your heart.”
“What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.”

Source : John Hay (1871). “Pike County Ballads and Other Pieces”, p.142
“The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change of mood And saved some part Of a day I had rued.”
“Pero yo ya no soy yo Ni mi casa es ya mi casa. But now I am no longer I, nor is my house any longer my house.”

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