#act

In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#appearance #case #compliment #endeavour #humanity

I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized no person is perfect, Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet... we will be successful. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#before #come #conduct #contact #did

Ever since I became a Muslim, I've had to deal with attempts to damage my reputation and countless insinuations seeking to cast doubt on my character and trying to connect me to causes which I do not subscribe to. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#became #cast #causes #character #connect

Salman Rushdie, indeed any writer who abuses the prophet or indeed any prophet under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. ↗

— Cat Stevens

#any #death #indeed #islamic #law

News is so often a report of conflict, an account of problems, a thing of the day and even of the minute, that sometimes I think we make the background darker and the shadows deeper than they actually are. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#actually #background #conflict #darker #day

Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom. ↗

— Pat Summitt

#because #classroom #excited #games #get

The fact is, I can vote for anybody; independents, Republicans, Democrats. But I'm a registered Democrat in the District of Columbia. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#columbia #democrat #democrats #district #district of columbia

The fact is, most journalists I know are not particularly political. They move around a lot. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#fact #i #journalists #know #lot

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious. ↗

— Ron Suskind

#become #begun #forceful #historic #infectious

I don't think I have one iota of cynicism about acting. ↗

— Donald Sutherland

#acting #cynicism #i #iota #think