"No idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion [Islam] is not Islamophobia."

-- Maajid Nawaz

#Ideas Quotes #Islam Quotes #Scrutinize Quotes

“What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference - the precious present moment.”
“Ultimately, I felt fortunate, because in many ways I did identify with aspects of being gay that were very stereotypical. I was a big theatre kid in high school, I was creative, I was very emotionally sensitive, even hypersensitive. I loved female divas.”
“I live in rural Alabama, and it's very conservative. I've had one guy say 'you can't be a minister and a DJ at the same time'. I thought 'how does someone get to choose what God has assigned me to do - God has given me a ministry.”
“If we try to engineer outcomes, if we overturn tradition to make everyone the same, we ruin society. If we upset tradition to allow for an equal shot at the starting gate, everyone wins, except for the charlatans and would be dictators.”
“It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Chris Cornell from Oct 23, 2016
“Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.”
“The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961–1972”, p.70, Open Road Media
“Never give up. The bankers and financial people did not take me seriously initially. Everyone thought I would fail. My attitude was that 'No' is an unacceptable answer when it comes to financing.”

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