Quotes about id
identity culture migration
The act of migration puts into crisis everything about the migrating individual or group, everything about identity and selfhood and culture and belief. So if this is a novel about migration it must be that act of putting in question. It must perform the crisis it describes. Salman Rushdie
ideas religion islam
To put it as simply as possible: I am not a Muslim.[...] I do not accept the charge of apostacy, because I have never in my adult life affirmed any belief, and what one has not affirmed one can not be said to have apostasized from. The Islam I know states clearly that 'there can be no coercion in matters of religion'. The many Muslims I respect would be horrified by the idea that they belong to their faith purely by virtue of birth, and that a person who freely chose not to be a Muslim could therefore be put to death. Salman Rushdie
ideas people killing
Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing. Salman Rushdie
ideas criticism impossible
The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible. Salman Rushdie
ideas trials earth
So for every day that you're on this earth, for every minute that you have, the whole idea is doing nothing less than exactly what you feel you're supposed to do and squeezing every last drop out of life every day, regardless of the difficulties or trials that you face. Ryan Tedder
ideas people want
But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas. Ryan Phillippe
ideas doing-me appeals
The idea of doing something that you've seen a thousand times before doesn't appeal to me. Ryan Phillippe
ideas firsts directors
The best directors I've worked with, they all have the same thing in common. They're the first to say, 'I don't know.' If you ask them, 'How are we actually pulling off this movie?', they'll just shrug and go, 'I have absolutely no idea.' Ryan Reynolds
ideas differences important
It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa. Wangari Maathai
ideas two development
It may be easily shown, and is of no small significance, that the two great ideas of which the Anglo-Saxon is the exponent are having a fuller development in the United States than in Great Britain.
ideas polish
It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102 Joseph Joubert
ideas glasses watches
I don't wear glasses, so I like the idea of not having to put them on to watch a movie. It's a hard barrier to get beyond. Joseph Kosinski
ideas pay taste
Go out and make something that reflects your interests, your taste, and your ideas. No one will pay you to make something until you have a few things you can show that you've directed. I got my start by making short films on my own. Joseph Kosinski
ideas greek tragedy
I'm intrigued by the classic Greek tragedies, as well as by the idea of the Greek chorus. Joseph Boyden
ideas scientist great-scientist
A great scientist is more open to a new idea than almost anybody. Joss Whedon
ideas inferiors whole
I don't understand why or how anyone ever pulled off the whole idea of 'women are inferior.' Joss Whedon
identity accepting duality
To accept duality is to earn identity. Joss Whedon
identity earning
Identity is something that you are constantly earning. Joss Whedon
ideas rooms might
The stupidest person in the room might have the best idea. Joss Whedon
ideas microfinance microcredit
Microfinance is an idea whose time has come. Kofi Annan
ideology great-times
Great ideology creates great times. Kim Jong Il
ideas imagination waiting
It was like there was a pile of kindling that was in the back of my imagination just waiting there. Once I lit it, it just flared up and I kept getting ideas and ideas. Kevin J. Anderson
idols
My idols are all older. Kelly Lynch
ideas musical keyboards
I can't even tolerate my own playing on electric keyboards. It's not about the musical ideas - the sound itself is toxic. It's like eating plastic broccoli. Keith Jarrett
ideas creating trying
I feel like I have a little bit of a fresh ear when creating music. I'm not trying to be like anything else, cuz I have no idea what anything else is like! Katy Perry
ideas parent world
My parents were strict, but it was the world I lived in. I had no idea there was a world outside. Katy Perry
ideas bonus care
I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus. Katy Perry
ideas done body
I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body. Katy Perry
ideas trying pennies
I've got a penny-ante talent, out of which I try to drum up a living for myself. And what nobody seems to realize is that it's just as difficult to get a bad idea as a good one. Kathleen Winsor
ideas impact people
People underestimate the impact they can have on the process through contact with legislators. By being part of an organized group in an area that you have an interest in, you can multiply the impact of your own ideas.
ideas majesty sides
I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side. Ralph Steadman
ideas spirituality
We are always peace. To get rid of the idea that we are not peace is all that is required. Ramana Maharshi
ideas dying body
The State of liberated Being can be reached only by "dying"; but (this) dying does not consist in destruction of the body; one should understand that true death is the extinction of the ideas "I" and "mine." Ramana Maharshi