They [the Templars] had read Avicenna, and they were not ignorant, like the Europeans. How could you live alongside a tolerant, mystical,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
[T]aking the Third into account does not bring us into the position of pragmatic consideration, of comparing different Others; the task is… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“What do you men wear (to swim)?" Laughter glinted in his green eyes and he slanted her a mischievous grin. "Since Mrs.… — Debra Holland Copy Share Image
I think that one of the things that is happening in the so-called "clash of civilizations" is that the confidence that was… — James Toback Copy Share Image
The Muslim world, with its history and cultures, and indeed its different interpretations of Islam, is still little known in the West.… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
While the Western society gives total freedom to the individuals to do whatever "consenting adults" please, which admittedly is better than having… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
The American army between world wars after World War I had virtually disintegrated. It was a very small force, given largely to… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
I'm still getting used to the idea that people out in the world are reading my books. Every time I get a… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
At the heart of that western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man...is the touchstone of value, and all… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
The markets where we've got real good presence are the older, more mature markets like Australia, and Western Europe - where we've… — Jim Cantalupo Copy Share Image
The Chinese central government will slowly and steadily lose authority while regional armies [gain power]. The Western powers are going to take… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Whoever desires to live among men has to obey their laws this is what the secular morality of Western civilization comes down… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
No economic activity was more irrepressible [in the 14th century] than the investment and lending at interest of money; it was the… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
There are very few films that I've ever seen in my life that would be as silent or vacant as something like… — Kiefer Sutherland Copy Share Image
I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament and that sacrament should extend and can extend to that legal entity of… — Bill Frist Copy Share Image
It is time to end the western policy of malign neglect. It is in the interest of the whole world to help… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
In student government in high school, I learned how to deal with people, and in college I studied Eastern philosophy. I'm also… — Michael Ovitz Copy Share Image
Being a woman writer, I would be deceiving myself if I said I write completely through the eye of a man. There's… — Buchi Emecheta Copy Share Image
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
It is common knowledge that Saudi Arabia is the most extremist of the Muslim States. It finances the infamous Madrassas (schools) that… — James Byron Bissett Copy Share Image
I don't believe in Western morality, i.e., don't kill civilians or children, don't destroy holy sites, don't fight during the holiday seasons,… — Manis Friedman Copy Share Image
I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound… — Joseph Jarman Copy Share Image
As for the status of Western Christianity, we are in a place where our task is to redefine the primary symbols of… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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