#me

So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it! ↗

— Abu Bakar Bashir

#books #consultation #democratic #determination #discuss

I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#been #did #difficult #disclose #facts

The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings. ↗

— Martin Bashir

#controlled #home #masks #surroundings #their

Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night! ↗

— Count Basie

#every #every night #find #good #night

If my clothing does stand out, then I guess it's a compliment, but I just wear whatever feels comfortable. ↗

— Shania Twain

#comfortable #compliment #does #feels #guess

She had had her momentary flowering, a year, perhaps, of wildrose beauty, and then she had suddenly swollen like a fertilized fruit and grown hard and red and coarse, and then her life had been laundering, scrubbing, laundering, first for children, then for grandchildren, over thirty years. At the end of it she was still singing. ↗

— George Orwell

#joy #motherhood #singing #beauty

Coming from where I came from, it was unimaginable to ever be wealthy. That was just too far out of my reach. ↗

— Shania Twain

#coming #ever #far #i #i came

It's hard for a man to live with a successful woman - they seem to resent you so much. Very few men are generous enough to accept success in their women. ↗

— Shirley Bassey

#enough #few #few men #generous #hard

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it. ↗

— Shania Twain

#better #bigger #country #country music #daughter

Dysphonia is not a singing problem. It's a voice box issue in the muscle on the voice, very different from having a nodule on the vocal cords, which I've never had. I'm lucky that I've never had that. It needs a long renewal time, and even today, I am still addressing it. ↗

— Shania Twain

#am #box #cords #different #even