"The unimaginable brutality of this latest manifestation of Political Islam in the Arab world is too much to bear for many Muslim Arab"

-- Hisham Melhem

#Political Quotes #Islam Quotes #Brutality Quotes

“For me, I'm always looking for opportunities to work with people who are better than me, who are more experienced than me, people from whom I can learn. And who could I learn more from than someone with an unprecedented movie star career that has spanned over thirty years whose name is Tom Cruise?”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Omari Hardwick Talks Sparkle". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. August 15, 2012.
“In my experience, whatever happens clings to us like barnacles on the hull of a ship, slowing us slightly, both uglifying and giving us texture. You can scrape all you want, you can, if you have money, hire someone else to scrape, but the barnacles will come back or at least leave a blemish on the steel.”
“To have regret is to be disappointed with yourself and your choices. Those who are wise, see their life like stepping stones across a great river. Everyone misses a stone from time to time. No one can cross the river without getting wet. Success is measured by your arrival on the other side, not on how muddy your shoes are. Regrets are only felt by those who do not understand lifeâ€™s purpose. They become so disillusioned that they stand still in the river and do not take the next leap.”
“If you run your business fairly; if you treat people well; if you try to move your business into areas that are making a real positive difference to other peoples lives; I think you'll A. have much pleasant life, but B. I think you'll have a much more successful business.”
“I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.”
“Apart from blunt truth, our lives sink decadently amid the perfume of hints and suggestions.”
“A man who admires a fine woman, has yet not more reason to wish himself her husband, than one who admired the Hesperian fruit, would have had to wish himself the dragon that kept it.”
“We have an education and business culture that tends to reward quick factual answers over imaginative inquiry. Questioning isnâ€™t encouragedâ€”it is barely tolerated.”

Source : "The Surprising Power of Beautiful Questions". Interview with Scott Goodson, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2014.

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