"So long as Muslims continue looking towards Western civilization as the only force that could regenerate their own stagnant society, they destroy their self-confidence and, indirectly, support the Western assertion that Islam is a "spent force"."

-- Muhammad Asad

#Self Confidence Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Long Quotes

“Frank [Zappa] always wanted to do a sound library - he sampled so many great musicians. For piano, for example, he sampled every octave, not just one (that you could just transpose electronically), and he did all different types of attack, with and without pedals, all that kind of stuff.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I wake up fairly early every day, by 8, for sure. Sunday is a lighter writing day than the weekdays, but I still wake up and write for about an hour, beginning right around 8. I definitely have coffee first, and then I start writing. I do think it's kind of hard to get the right level of concentration without coffee.”
“And you know, when you take on something like this, you read a book like this, you know that it's going to be an adventure. That's part of what draws you to it.”

Source : Interview with Stax, www.ign.com. March 21, 2003.
“[On the camel:] When it kneels to be laden it always grumbles, growls and shows resentment, but of this the driver takes no notice. He goes on loading up until the moment when the beast suddenly becomes silent; then he knows that the burden is heavy enough, and nothing more is added.”

Source : Mildred Cable, Francesca French (1944). “The Gobi Desert”
“We all wish to live a happy life. In addition, we all have the same right to fulfil this goal. And we all have the potential to do so for the simple reason that future is not fixed, it can be changed. Therefore, we should live in hope that we really can overcome whatever problems we face.”
“Having been an editor for more than a decade, I thought I had a good idea of how much work was involved in writing a novel. I was wrong! Writing is a lot harder than I ever imagined - but worth it.”
“I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me.”

Source : "Dr. Dre to Take a 'Break' From Music Industry After 27 Years" by Sophie Schillaci, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 16, 2011.
“The same technologies enabling us to work together at a distance are creating the expectation to do better at governing ourselves.”

Source : "Evolving Democracy for the 21st Century" by Beth Simone Noveck, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 2011.

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