Mind Blowing Quotes - Page 2

• Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.

  Terence McKenna

  Ego, Culture, Matter

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• Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity.

  Terence McKenna

  Inspirational, Life, Atrocities

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• Islam has always been part of America

  Barack Obama

  America, Islam, Hussein

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• In ancient times and in our times, Muslim communities have been at the forefront of innovation and education.

  Barack Obama

  Community, Innovation, Islam

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world - including in my own country.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Appreciation, Islamic

  President Obama's remarks to the Turkish Parliament, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. April 6, 2009.

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• I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

  Barack Obama

  Blessed, White, House

  Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. August 11, 2010.

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• As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.

  Barack Obama

  Civilization, Islam, Debt

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Tolerance, Islam

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• The Holy Koran tells us, 'O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.'

  Barack Obama

  Islam, Hussein, May

  "Obama’s speech bridges the Abrahamic faiths" By Greg Barrett, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• Whether or not you can never become great at something, you can always become better at it. Don't ever forget that! And don’t say “I’ll never be good”. You can become better! and one day you’ll wake up and you’ll find out how good you actually became.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  One Day, Wake Up, Forget

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• So I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed

  Barack Obama

  Muslim Faith, Islam, Three

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism - it is an important part of promoting peace.

  Barack Obama

  Important, Islam, Hussein

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• we will encourage more Americans to study in Muslim communities

  Barack Obama

  Community, Islam, Hussein

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.

  Barack Obama

  Muslim Faith, Diversity, Islam

  Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. August 11, 2010.

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• We've seen those results in generations of Muslim immigrants - farmers and factory workers, helping to lay the railroads and build our cities, the Muslim innovators who helped build some of our highest skyscrapers and who helped unlock the secrets of our universe.

  Barack Obama

  Cities, Secret, Islam

  "Obama Celebrates Ramadan: 'Islam Has Contributed To The Character Of Our Country'" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 26, 2013.

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• If all it took was someone proclaiming I believe Jesus Christ and that he died for my sins, and that was all there was to it, people wouldn't have to keep coming to church, would they.

  Barack Obama

  Jesus, Believe, People

  Interview with Cathleen Falsani, www.beliefnet.com. 2008.

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• The United States is not, and never will be, at war with Islam.

  Barack Obama

  War, America, Islam

  Announces the Death of Osama Bin Laden, delivered 1 May 2011

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• It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them, or anti-immigrant sentiment, or anti-trade sentiment, as a way to explain their frustrations.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Frustration, Gun

  "Obama 'sorry' for God and guns jibe" by Caroline Davies, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2008.

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• History is the same thing over and over again.

  Woody Allen

  Fitness Motivational, Temporary Insanity, Bores You

  "Nothing Pleases Me More than Being Thought of as a European Filmmaker". Interview with Helene Zuber, www.spiegel.de. June 20, 2005.

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• The whole world must see that Israel must exist and has the right to exist, and is one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Israel, Democracy, World

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• I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

  Barack Obama

  Responsibility, Fighting, Religion

  A New Beginning: Speech at Cairo University, delivered 4 June 2009, Cairo, Egypt

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• The American people intuitively understand this, which is why the majority of Catholics practice birth control and some of those opposed to gay marriage nevertheless are opposed to a Constitutional amendment to ban it. Religious leadership need not accept such wisdom in counseling their flocks, but they should recognize this wisdom in their politics.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Gay, Practice

  Barack Obama (2008). “An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama : a Primer”, Independent Publishing Group

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• Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Islam, Hussein

  "Anti-Obama Mail Piece: ‘We Are No Longer a Christian Nation’" by Peter Hamby, politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com. October 31, 2012.

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• We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Islam, Hussein

  The President's News Conference With President Abdullah Gul of Turkey in Ankara, Turkey, April 6, 2009.

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• Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages - the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ's divinity - are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.

  Barack Obama

  Christian, Muslim Faith, Islam

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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