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After embracing Islam in 1977, I considered the majority of underprivileged dark-skinned people of the so-called Third World brothers and sisters in humanity. — Cat Stevens
In our time, the great task for libertarians is to find an escape from politics in all its formsâ€”from the totalitarian and fundamentalist catastrophes to… — Peter Thiel
The number one book of the ages was written by a committee, and it was called The Bible. — Louis B. Mayer
I don't know what the language of the year 2000 will look like, but I know it will be called Fortran. — Tony Hoare
Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed… — Loren Eiseley
Managing innovation better may be the only way out of the abyss called commodity hell. — Jeffrey R. Immelt
Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither elated by prosperity… — Nichiren
If the minds of living beings are impure, their land is also impure, but if their minds are pure, so is their land.Â There are… — Nichiren
When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation. Such… — Huineng
One of the things that sells music is when the artist is looked at as someone who's come up from the streets. Not just any… — Geoffrey Canada
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called. — James M. Cain
After 911, the US Government engaged in mock investigations and shut down many small Islamic charities and organizations, giving the appearance of action in the… — Sibel Edmonds
Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the steps… — Charles Evans Hughes
I never thought that the music called "jazz" was ever meant to reach just a small group of people, or become a museum thing locked… — Miles Davis
Many fail to realize this great recording industry was built by so-called jazz artists. And at the other end of the spectrum, a base in… — Ahmad Jamal
What I'm dealing with is so vast and great that it can't be called the truth. It's above the truth. — Sun Ra
He would forget everybody's name, so everybody was called 'Pops'. — Unknown Author
I think that band [Glenn Miller] was the beginning of the end. It was a mechanized version of what they called jazz music. I still… — Artie Shaw
I always called him the Dizzy Dean of music, he was so belligerent and braggadocio... But one thing I always noticed about Jelly, he would… — Unknown Author
It ["Begin the Beguine"] became such a hit that it superseded anything that any band had ever had. It was the first time that a… — Artie Shaw

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