"Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel."

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Source : "The Haj". Book by Leon Uris, 1984.

Leon Uris

#Cousin Quotes #Brother Quotes #Father Quotes

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.”
“I want to be myself. That's when you feel the most comfortable, that's when you have the most success, and that's when you're the most happy.”

Source : FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Jul 21, 2013
“What you will do matters. All you need is to do it.”

Source : Judy Grahn (1990). “Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds”
“Other actors like to rehearse on film-they like 30 or 40 takes. When you get an actor like that, it becomes difficult for me because I'm ready to quit after number two.”
“It is not necessary to live, But to carve our names beyond that point, This is necessary.”
“It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power.”

Source : Hans Christian Andersen (1871). “The Story of My Life”, p.146
“How do you plan a rebirth? I'm not sure you do. You just stand in the darkness until you can't endure it any long, and then you move forward until you're standing in the light.”
“A book tour is not a good opportunity to let your mind wander. You have to pay attention, remember salespeople's and interviewers' names, succinctly summarize your book in a 'selling' way, and so on.”

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