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Famous Quotes for Success? hi guys, i need help, im writing my a report, and i need a quote of somekind from a famous person, IN BUSINESS (alan sugar etc..) the quote should be about sucess! can anyone else? thanks.

What are some quotes about success and people who treated you badly? for example quotes like "don't want me when i'm rich and famous", basically quotes about people who didin't believe in you, but now that you've made it they want to be friends again.

What is that famous quote about resenting your friend's success?

I am looking for a book filled with quotes? Just a book consisting of famous quotes relating to life, love, happiness, success, philosophy, etc etc I've been searching the net but can't find what I'm precisely looking for. Are there any quote collectors who can recommend a quality book?

Is this a famous quote: "The road to success is traveled by those who believe in themselves." Who came up...? with it?

How do I reference a famous quote in APA format? I want to add this quote in a powerpoint presentation slide but will need to add a reference page at the end. The quote is "Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome" Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

Famous quotes about american dream? i want to start my essay with a quote about the american dream. it is about how each character of my antonia has a different american dream, and their circumstances in life hinder their success. i was thinking of going general and putting this one: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" —Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus - 1883 Or do you have any other quotes that would go more towards the "circumstances hinder the american dream" approach.

i need a line from a famous speech about success and dreams? please help me , i want to be able to quote a line from a speech for a head girl campaign

Do You Have Famous Quotes? I have to do a speech using a well known quotation or abstract word that I can use 3 examples with and be able to describe. Examples of Abstract Words: Success, courage, loyalty, freedom. Examples of Quotations: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.", "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again.", "Don't judge a book by it's cover." Any suggestions are awesome. :)

could I get in trouble for starting a website involving quotes? I want to start a website using motivational quotes from famous people and so on. (yes, I know many books have already been written on them,) but is it copyright infringement to use quotes like that? (Not from the books, from the original person) Ex: "the success of your next project lies within the failures of your current piece." (that's my favorite quote)

How to cite quotes? Say if i were to quote the famous George Sheehan "Success means having the courage, the determination, aand the will to become the person you beleive you were meant to be." My assignment is not to use internet sources yet i found this great quote on the internet. Do i need to cite it? Can i find it in a book? I don't know if he said it in a book or just said it. How do i cite this or do i even have to? I asked my teacher and he said to ask in class. :( HELP! I'm confused.

How have female film directors pursued success and what are their limitations in Hollywood? How the roles of female directors have changed in the film industry? Quotes from famous icons upon this view...

History: To what Extent was the Success of the First Crusade best explained? Hello, I am faced by a question for my History work and I am struggling to reach the conclusions. I need to referance Authors and their opinions or even quotes from them and I am just struggling to produce a good answer. If anyone knows any Authors certain views, such as Steven Runciman, or other famous Authors, Or any quotes from them or viewpoints to look at it really would be a great help. If anyone can offer me any help I would be appreciative. Thanks In Advance.

Who made this famous quote? Knowledge is the key to success. Who made this quote?

What does this quote mean by Pablo Picasso? "Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility." He says that copying oneself is more dangerous than copying others, huh? That doesn't make since, can you help me? Also if you know of any famous quotes from artists on copyrighting?

What do you think of these quotes? Most of these quotes i have made up and some are famous quotes, tell me what you think. Most of these are from Unknown, cause these are quotes that i remember and i dont want to research them. Some of them aren't quotes, rather thoughts that express how i feel. ''Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is below him?'' -Pierre Troubetzkoy No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ~Terry Josephson ''Hold the person that you love closely if they're next to you. The one you love, not the person that'll simply have sex with you. Appreciate them to the fullest extent and then beyond....Because you never really know what you got, until it's gone...'' -Immortal Technique ''I'm not afraid of death, just the place I'm going after i die...'' -Me "I love the country I live in but I hate the people in charge." -Unknown "Success is psychological"... Screw everyone who expects you to make an actual college career, if you know you succeeded then you became successful. Dont wait for someone to cherish and value your talents. The greatest person to impress is yourself.'' -Me ''The best things in life are not things.'' -Unknown ''Only god can judge me'' -Tupac Shakur ''I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward'' -Tupac Shakur ''All you touche and all you see, is all your life will ever be'' -Unknown '' Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'' -Unknown ''A stumble may prevent a fall'' -Unknown ''If you don't speak your mind then what changes will you ever make?'' -Me ''We are born to die'' -Unknown ''The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.'' -Unknown ''Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.'' -Unknown ''Every single person to date, has their own experiences, problems, memories, and their own story. You kill someone, you take out someone irreplaceable from this world, you take someone out of the history books, someone who could have cured cancer, someone who had hopes, dreams. You alone could have changed history by killing that one little person. Then again you could have taken out a future murderer too, a future pedo, a future terrorist. Every single human being in this world has the potential to kill someone. Its embedded into all of us, its just wiser to not kill someone. You could completely disrupt and or change the outcome of the future.'' -Me ''Life isn’t worth living for, unless you have something worth dying for'' -Unknown

Don't confuse ______ with happiness or wealth with success? Fill in the missing blank. It is from a famous quote. I can't remember where I heard it or who it's by

Quote about failure/success? Can anyone give me the exact quote (Its pretty famous) to something along the lines of: Success is not measured by how much you accomplish but rather by your will to get back up on your feet after failing.

Who said "The greatest revenge is massive success"? I have to do a speech on a famous quote and I really like the one that says "The greatest revenge is massive success" but I am having trouble finding who said it first, I found that Les Brown, Frank Sinatra and Sylvester Stallone all said it. I want to know who was the first one to do so because after all it is a quote and gets told by several different people. Thanks in advance for any help I guess I should add, Please explain why you say a certain person said and or where you found this info, I just want to make sure I get some legit answers. I don't want to sound like a dumb a$$ :) OK so I went on the site Yara provided and found that there are two versions of the quote. Mine came up as Les Brown being the one who said it and the other which is "the BEST revenge is massive success" was said by F.Sinatra, I am betting F.S. originally said it, so I should probably go with the Original version of it, don't you guys think?

What is considered to be Success? "It is the SUCCESS which makes great a Man" - read this quote somewhere, but what is to be considered as Success? this word, Success is very vague. Some consider success getting married, having a family, children. some consider success becoming an accomplished writer, artist, painter, sportsman, mathematician, physician, pursuing a career instead of having a family. some becoming rich, others having sex wiht as many beautiful women as possible. others becoming famous........ what does success really mean?? so it is all about goals.... the first seven years of childhood the end

Which do you think would achieve greater financial success? An engineer or a marketing specialist? Please give your point(s) in terms of both salary and future prospect, also please quote examples if possible, from either someone you know or famous instances.

Do You Agree Or Disagree With The Following Quotes? Please respond to each quote by stating whether you "agree", "disagree" or, "don't understand". This should be interesting...all are quotes from famous historical figures...i'll not bias the experiment by putting their names with the quotes until after everyone is done answering... #1- "Success in life requires a certain stupidity. One must be incurious enough about the multitude of interesting events, educations, and interactions they are forsaking in order to pursue one narrow and myopic island of expertise, that doing so doesn't burden them with the haunt of their broader ignorances." 2.- "If you spend enough time around one who proclaims certitude regarding religous beliefs you suspect are myth, they will eventually proclaim certitude regarding secular inaccuracies you KNOW are myth." 3.- "Don't try to impress me with what you claim you will do. Impress me by telling me what you have done." 4.- "Rare is the human who fulfills their true dreams. Most spend the 1st third of their life parentally or societally intimidated into forsaking their true dreams, the 2nd third of their life too burdened with pressing neccesity to pursue their true dreams, and the 3rd third of their life, too tired and failing in health to even remember what their true dreams once were." 5.- "A liberal is somebody who has 100 grand ideas about how to spend someone else's money." 6.- "A conservative is somebody who has no grand ideas for how to spend money, especially their own." 7.- "Atheism and beleivers suffer the same mental illness under two different names; passing absolute certainty on what does or does not exist beyond a door neither has yet opened." 8.- "I have met countless people of moderate intelligence who obsess about being credited with smartness. Yet the few people I've met whose brilliance seemed most pronounced, seemed to draw as little overt glare to that fact as possible." 9.- "Give me 2 men trying to murder each other over a conflict that could have been settled without bloodshed, and we call it barbarism. Give me 2 million men doing the same thing, and we call it patriotism." 10.- "Blessed are the unimaginative, for the shorter the distance between the limits of reality and one's imagination, the easier to fulfill them."

[[[HELP]]] grammar !? he left a famous quote, " success............." and Thanks to her mother's patronage, she could make it to the best high school in Korea, where only the smartest ones could enter. are these sentences grammatically right?

Please check out my famous quote!? dreams are what keeps us in success just made it rate it

susan b. anthony's famous quote? it starts with " no self respecting woman should wish or work for the success......" I can't find it online we'll I am doign a report on susan b. anthony only

Where did this famous quote/line/phrase come from? Music experts.? This is a question about music and lyrics.. where did this quote come from? "WHEN i STARTED FUCKiN WiTH HUSTLE FAiLURE BECAME MY EX NOW iM MARRiED TO THA GAME AND SLEEPiN WiTH SUCCESS" what song? or who said it? weezy or who idk. i just want to know because i've been seeing it on Aim & Myspace ALL THE TIME! thanks in advance. p.s. see me i'm all about the music and when i don't know i need to know lol.

Relate this Thoreau quote to someone famous...? "I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." I need to find someone famous in history, and someone (or fictional character) in pop culture that relates to this quote in the way they live their lives. I think my teacher gave us a too random and broad topic to work with. How am I suppose to know who lives by this quote? Any help would be appreciated especially if someone knows a person who lives by this quote.

Name every ancient ATHENIAN philosopher you can think of!? 1) if possible, provide source 2) Better yet--if possible, please provide a famous quote by them that has something to do with victory/success or education.

Who is this famous classical pianist? I recently saw a powerpoint featuring a certain classical pianist, but I forgot his name and can't remember the exact inspirational quote given to us. Chalk it up to short-term memory loss. He had REALLY large hands, was relatively bald in the pictures I've seen of him, and was said to heavily rely on scale practice, which may have been the root of his success because his hands were so enormous. He played at Carnegie several times. His last name started with an S.

Looking for German Tattoo Ideas? I want to get a German Tattoo to represent my German heritage. What i am currently thinking is a German quote, i've tried to find famous german quotes with little success, I was thinking of something along lines of representing strength, honor, heritage. One line i came up with is Live With Pride, but i'm not sure i trust the translators since they all tell me different things. I was also thinking of adding a German symbol below the quote but I wan't something thats not gonna make me look like a nazi skinhead, I would use the German Eagles but unfortunetly i think that they convey that message. Any ideas would be helpful

Question about a Winston Churchill quote? There is a famous quote by Winston Churchill that I've heard people say a few different ways. Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. OR Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Which one is it? (or is there a different version that is correct?) Thanks =)

Hlep on School Elections, will my speech help me win? Okay hi, i am running for Activities Chair Person, and the competion is sort of tough, its just this girl runnign agaisnt me, and i NEED to know if i have a better chance of winning with my speech, ANY type of feedback is acceptable, as it is constructive :) Hey there Cougars!! Hi, My name is Jesús Manzano and as you may know I am running for Activities Chair Person. What the Activities Chairperson does is to orginize all upcomming school events and try to make the school a fun, effective place, that you WANT to come to. The Activities Chair Person has to be responsible, orginized, creative, and has to be able to speek in front of a crowd, which I love to do. The Activities Chair Person Office, is a tough, demanding job, but I can take on that challenge as I was the Activities Chair Person for half of this year. I am responsible and I have fortitude. Fortitude means to endure something with courage, as I am doing now. I am very self-diciplined and quiet, when I have to be, but sometimes I can talk a lot. I am very intellectual, which means to use your mind, I am also very good at listening to your problems and when you basically need to be listened to. Being the Activities Chair Person for 2010-2011 is'nt something that I want...it's something that i NEED, something that YOU and the SCHOOL need too. After attending the State Conference: California Assosiation of Student Leaders, CASL, if I get ellected, I KNOW I will make CMS better by serving as a helping hand , striving to make the schoolbetter by motivatingand encouraging people to get out of or enlarge their comfort zone. I will influence them to hang out with people who have enthusiasm, who are not afraid to do things, and who take risks. I will work hard to make kids . tolerant to one another, and to respect adults such as teachers, staff, and parents and to respect their peers, but not to ALLOW them to peer pressure them. Over all i will strive and do my personal best to improve not the SCHOOL but the students. Because THEY are the one's behind the school's success! There is a famous quote that says, "They can because they THINK they can." and I feel that qoute applies to me because i KNOW I can become the Activities Chair Person, because I THINK I can, and I hope you can help me accomplish this goal. Now before I leave I want to do a little cheer,will you guys help me?okay, when i say Chavez you say cougars: Chavez [Cougars!] Chavez [Cougars] It has been a great honor speaking to you, Thankyou and have a nice day, GO COUGARS!!!

School Elections, Please HELP!!? Okay see i am running for Activities Chair Person, and i want to know if my speech is good, so ANY feed back will be acceptable,thanks :) Hey there Cougars!! My name is Jesús Manzano and as you may know I am running for Activities Chair Person. The Activities Chair Person Office, is a tough, demanding job, but I can take on that challenge as I was the Activities Chair Person for half of this year. I am responsible and I have fortitude. Fortitude means to endure something with courage, as I am doing now. I am very self-diciplined and quiet, when I have to be, but sometimes I can talk a lot. I am very intellectual, which means to use your mind, I am also very good at listening to your problems and when you basically need to be listened to. Being the Activities Chair Person for 2010-2011 is'nt something that I want...it's something that i NEED, something that YOU and the SCHOOL need too. After attending the Leadership Conference, CASL, if I get ellected, I KNOW I will make CMS better by serving as a helping hand , striving to make the schoolbetter by motivatingand encouraging people to get out of their comfort zone. I will influence them to hang out with people who have enthusiasm, who are not afraid to do things, and who take risks. I will work hard to make kids . tolerant to one another, and to respect adults such as teachers, staff, and parents and to respect their peers, but not to ALLOW them to peer pressure them. Over all i will strive and do my personal best to improve not the SCHOOL but the students. Because THEY are the one's behind the school's success! There is a famous quote that says, "They can because they THINK they can." and I feel that qoute applies to me because i KNOW I can become thr Activities Chair Person, because I THINK I can, and I you can help me accomplish this goal. Now before I leave I want to do a little cheer, now when i say Chavez you say cougars: Chavez [Cougars!] Chavez [Cougars] It has been a great honor speaking to you, Thankyou and have a nice day, GO COUGARS!!!

Help, on WINNING schol elections, DESPERATE!!? Okay hi, i am running for Activities Chair Person, and the competion is sort of tough, its just this girl runnign agaisnt me, and i NEED to know if i have a better chance of winning with my speech, ANY type of feedback is acceptable, as it is constructive :) Hey there Cougars!! Hi, My name is Jesús Manzano and as you may know I am running for Activities Chair Person. What the Activities Chairperson does is to orginize all upcomming school events and try to make the school a fun, effective place, that you WANT to come to. The Activities Chair Person has to be responsible, orginized, creative, and has to be able to speek in front of a crowd, which I love to do. The Activities Chair Person Office, is a tough, demanding job, but I can take on that challenge as I was the Activities Chair Person for half of this year. I am responsible and I have fortitude. Fortitude means to endure something with courage, as I am doing now. I am very self-diciplined and quiet, when I have to be, but sometimes I can talk a lot. I am very intellectual, which means to use your mind, I am also very good at listening to your problems and when you basically need to be listened to. Being the Activities Chair Person for 2010-2011 is'nt something that I want...it's something that i NEED, something that YOU and the SCHOOL need too. After attending the State Conference: California Assosiation of Student Leaders, CASL, if I get ellected, I KNOW I will make CMS better by serving as a helping hand , striving to make the schoolbetter by motivatingand encouraging people to get out of or enlarge their comfort zone. I will influence them to hang out with people who have enthusiasm, who are not afraid to do things, and who take risks. I will work hard to make kids . tolerant to one another, and to respect adults such as teachers, staff, and parents and to respect their peers, but not to ALLOW them to peer pressure them. Over all i will strive and do my personal best to improve not the SCHOOL but the students. Because THEY are the one's behind the school's success! There is a famous quote that says, "They can because they THINK they can." and I feel that qoute applies to me because i KNOW I can become the Activities Chair Person, because I THINK I can, and I hope you can help me accomplish this goal. Now before I leave I want to do a little cheer,will you guys help me?okay, when i say Chavez you say cougars: Chavez [Cougars!] Chavez [Cougars] It has been a great honor speaking to you, Thankyou and have a nice day, GO COUGARS!!!

What grade would you give this speech? Proofread and add better transitions? “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” This famous quote spoken by Mahatma Gandhi really strengthens my intuition for forgiveness. Those who are able to forgive are the ones who make the world a better place. Recently, a survey was made of 200 married adults in regards to forgiveness. The couples with the most success were the ones who were able to forgive each other. Not only does the ability to forgive impact the marriage relationship, it was significantly related to personal emotional distress. Maybe if couples became more forgiving, America’s 50% divorce rate could be lowered. The forgiving couples were happier, and had more successful relationships. Because of their forgiveness, they led happier lives. When I was younger, my sister and I fought all the time for stupid reasons. We got very angry, very often, and held our grudges for much too long. We had stopped enjoying each others company. Then I realized that if I just gave up the anger and forgave her, maybe she would forgive me. Because of that decision of forgiveness, instead of staying mad, we have become very close since then, and rarely ever fight. On October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a school in Pennsylvania. He forced the kids to stay, while he prepared to kill them. After the murder was complete, he killed himself. The reason for this? He was angry because his daughter died. When it came time for his funeral, all of the parents of the children who were killed turned up mourning for him. They pitied him because they understood what it felt like to lose a child. Because of their forgiveness, the family of the murderer did all they could to help the other mourning families. If the parents hadn’t forgiven and mourned for the killer, they could have ended up just like him, murderers. Because of their choice to be forgiving they ended up being loved and cared for, unlike the unforgiving man whose life ended in sadness and suicide. For these reasons, I believe that forgiveness is very important. Without forgiveness, the world would be a hateful place. Gandhi’s words are about how the ones who want the world to be a better place are the forgiving. In each of these examples, the person who forgives is the happier one, the one who does help the world. So next time you get angry at someone, think, “Do I really want to be angry at this person, or should I forgive them”, and hopefully your answer would be forgiveness. I am in 8th grade english and I only need a grade higher than a 78% to have an A in the class... so i'm kinda slacking as much as possible

French can some one translate this to French please? Success is just like being pregnant. Everybody congratulates you but nobody knows how many times you were f**ked. i want it in proper French , i have an assignment , doing presentation and i want to include it as a famous business quote , so if someone can help please

Fallout 3 intro cutscene issues, help? I've been hard at work googling for my answer for the past week and haven't found any success. When the introduction cutscene for Fallout 3 begins (the one with the famous quote "war, war never changes) there's no music or narration. Everything else in the game is running fine except for this issue. Can anyone please help?

IF Roy Hodgson makes a meal of it - SURELY SURELY the man for the job is ? the ONLY man for the job is - and boy is it over due, i would have prefered the feckin board to have GIVEN HIM the chance to take the helm permently.... As a player the man was a born winner. he was a winner in the mind, heart and soul and lived and breathed success. success and being 1st and the best was a way of life for Kenny. i for one kind of felt dissapointed King Kenny didn't get the job. oh well. here are a few famous quotes by famous names in football, on Kenny. "Kenny had unbelievable vision and strength as a player. He was really aware of people around him. He had great balance and was a good finisher, courageous too. People often forget that the one quality great players need is courage. Kenny is as brave as a lion. He would take a kick from anyone and come back for more. Kenny is a man I shall always respect." ~ Alex Ferguson ~ "He is one of the best players I have ever seen and one of the best players in the history of football." ~ Franz Beckenbauer ~ "Kenny is the best player to have ever worn the red shirt and is the undisputed king of Liverpool Football Club." ~Phil Neal ~ "I never saw anyone in this country to touch him. I can think of only two players who could go ahead of him – Pele and possibly Cruyff. He was He was better than Maradona, Rummenigge or Platini. I would say that on his day he was, without any shadow of a doubt, the best player in the world." ~ Graeme Souness ~ well - Roy Hodgson has 5 years , in his 5th year if he hasn't won a champions league or a premier league title, its bye bye roy. we need to find Mr.Right. lol btw make it 7, Fergie needed 7 years before he lifted the 'title albatross' off of Old Trafford (26 years without being the champions of england...) ha ha ha we have 5 european cups in our trophy cabnet Muffmuff ^_^ rofl

Which is better... Star wars or star trek? Personally in think it's star trek because it had great acting, story lines and was much more consistent in quality then star wars was. I mean, star trek had one very iconic star trek series with kirk and co at the beginner so having to follow this up with another iconic enterprise crew with Picard and co is outstanding, something star wars failed to follow through with the prequel trilogy. In addition, star trek had voyager and ds9 which were good also. I think George Lucas lived on the success of the episodes 4-6 but anyways star wars had great characters, story lines and special effects but star trek had the same but much more of it. Star wars fans would say they had lightsabers, the force and master yoga as cool features of their franchise but star trek had many too like warp speed, famous quotes from many characters and klingons. I think with these two great franchises it properly boils down to who was better the longest and I think this goes to star trek.

Nice Quote to go with this? So I have to write an about me piece to go up on a display, and i wanted a nice famous quote to go along with it. Anyone have any good ones? Something about ambition or education, maybe success or motivational? Thanks!

How do musicians become famous? How did Lady Gaga become famous? In the year 2008, a myriad of musicians released their works, but only a tiny fraction of them got to enjoy international fame, among whom was Lady Gaga. She went from living in the cheapest apartment she could find and (I quote) “eating shіt” to being called one of the most influential people in the world by Times Magazine, taking first place in Forbes' celebrity list, and let us not forget MTV EMA 2011. What happened? Lady Gaga's rise to fame was brought by the commercial success of her releases, but what caused them to be successful? Is it defined by competition on the free market, or could it be all decided ahead by some elite group? Do “the few and the secret” pull the strings of “the many and the known”? Sounds almost like a conspiracy theory. Sure, maybe getting a bargain with a major record label is half the job, but it wouldn't be fair at all to say that her success is entirely owed to the label she signed up with. You can argue that she is famous solely due to the merit of what she has to offer as an artist, saying that it's infinitely greater than what any commoner has, but that doesn't sound objective to me. there are plenty of undiscovered gems out there. You can also argue that it's still just about being in the right place at the right time, but which place and which time were right? What set her apart from all the other musicians and performers who too were lucky enough to wind up in the right place at the right time with her? Perhaps, the most interesting point is the very beginning. From what I see on Google Trends, her rise to fame hadn't been as abrupt as I thought. She started being noticed in 2008, but it wasn't until 2009 that the Google Search Volume index for “Lady Gaga” reached 0.5 (and went on to exceeded 4.00 that same year). The mechanisms of show business are all so fascinating to me. Anyway, have you seen the dіldo boots Gaga wore on American Idol? That was phenomenal! xD I'm so buying myself a pair of those when I finally get rich. @?, if they pull the strings, why do they pull these particular strings? What is their motive to favor these particular musicians over the other? Isn't it advantageous for them to choose the ones whose music really is good so as to please the consumer? I think it might have started getting worse earlier, like from the 80s, but it doesn't seem objective to me to say that it's worse now than back then. Art is subjective overall, but maybe somebody will find some objective way to measure aesthetic value.

Famous People from across history? I'm looking to find some ''famous'' people from all across history. By that I mean people who got famous for their perseverance against bad odds in life, disadvantages etc or people who just did their thing to the fullest and who inspire you. As an example I would give Florence Nightingale. That's the type of person I'm looking for. As I understand she had a peculiar personality '''I explain my success by the simple fact that I did not accept apologies and neither did I give any'', this is not a direct quote, I used it just to depict that I'm not looking for ''prefect people'' as I believe there is no such thing but people who had the courage to do what they wanted.

"I have failed many times, and that is why I am a success." - Michael Jordan.explain what this means to you.? i need help! what does this quote mean to you, and can you think about a famous person or a close friend that you can use to help explain why you feel this way? its just a question, all answers are welcome! i will give best answer to the one that has the most depth....thanks!

Why do people think that fame and fortune means you have made it and reached success? Like just because you have made money, famous and have a lot of fans - apparently you have made it and achieved success in life. Why do people think that "ordinary" people e.g. doctors, lawyers, teachers, cleaners haven't got success in life and fulfilled their dreams. People aways say celebrities come from "nothing" e.g. normal life to "something". Beyonce was quoted saying this "There is room on this earth for many queens," she said. "I have an authentic, God-given talent, drive and longevity that will always separate me from everyone else. I've been fortunate to accomplish things that the younger generation of queens dream of accomplishing. I have no desire for anyone else's throne. I am very comfortable in the throne I've been building for the past 15 years" But aren't mothers, police officers, nurses, "normal people" kings and queens - why do people think that unless your a celebrity you live a simple boring life?

Why have Americans become appeasers and quitters? When a country is at war the focus of the news and media is on war. What people need to realize is that there is more going on in Washington DC that what you see on TV and read in the news. Have you heard lately about how unemployment rates are at an all-time low? Has anyone told you that President Bush has spent more on AIDS research and prevention than any other president? There are several examples of failures and successes in almost every generation and preidency. People forget that we have had soldiers stationed in Germany and Japan since before the end of WWII. The struggle of today is helping Americans to realize the nature of this war that we are battling. The insurgents that we are fighting against in Iraq are cowards. They don't show their face to their enemy. They lurk in the night hiding bombs that kill innocent families and soldiers. We have two groups in Washington that cannot decide together what to do. The fact of the matter is that regardless of what the motives were for going into Iraq, this war must be finished and it must be won. Our generation has become a people with the disease of ease. They want their freedom for free, their government to take care of them, their leaders to be without fault. Even John F. Kennedy said "Ask not for your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." Are we so focused on ourselves that we don't realize that our actions are affecting generations to come? Out of the Greatest Generation came a leader by the name of Winston Churchill. One of his most famous quotes was "Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. " How very true. If we do not show our enemies that we are the STRONGER, more COMMITTED TO OUR VALUES, that we have more HONOR for those who fought before us, we have failed every generation who fought and lost their lives to ensure that we would have the rights and priviliges that we have today. WInston Churchill also said this of those who would rather give up the fight and not finish what is begun "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." Sadly, it has been looked down upon that certain leaders of our country have stood by their unflinching word. Yet another quote by Winston Churchill is "I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside." And the American People are now saying that they would rather give up the fight for freedom, not only our freedom, but the freedom of every person born into this world. How selfish. How sad that people have forgotten how it felt on that morning when we heard that so many of our loved ones were needlessly killed by cowards that won't even come face to face with their "enemy." God bless the brave and selfless individuals who fight for the freedoms of the APPEASERS who are now trying to cut off the funding that could give our troops the supplies necessary to end this war. They are capable. They are strong. They need only our faith and support. I give them mine!!

help please .. essay for my final? can u please tell me if this essay is good... a cultural mobile is a project i did its a coat hanger w/ weird objects on it .... My Cultural Mobile Although my cultural mobile may appear childish with the seemingly insignificant objects hanging from it, my cultural mobile reflects my personal culture, because the objects actually symbolize the fact that I value animals, faith and education. My cultural mobile reflects my personal culture, because the ceramic dog and bird on it symbolizes that I value animals. I help the local animal shelter for community service every Tuesday. I take care of the animals by changing their food and water, and showing love and compassion. I see many animals at the shelter that have been neglected and I want to find a way to stop animal abuse. I take care of my seven parakeets at home. I supply them with everything they need, play with them, and I adore them. I want to become a Veterinarian one day, to help all animals. Therefore animals are very important to me, I show that by helping them in every way possible. The cross on my cultural mobile symbolizes that I value my faith by reflecting my personal culture. Every Sunday I attend church. I eagerly listen to the pastors’ sermon and make a note of his sayings. I go to bible classes and learn about Jesus and I feel closer to him every time I study the bible. I make a silent prayer every night before I go to bed. I feel the strength of my relationship between god and my faith by praying. I pray for all God has given me in life. I believe that attending church and praying is crucial for a Christian’s faith. Finally, the graduation teddy bear on my cultural mobile reflects my personal cultural by showing that I value my education. The most famous quote in my book is, “Education is the key to success”. I go to school everyday and get a good education. I pay attention in class and stay focused on all my work. I eagerly gain knowledge of the day’s lesson, and complete all my work with flying colors. I want to attend a four year college after high school. Education is very important, so I chose to take college preparation classes so I will be ready for college. I am also participating in Hoovers’ California Scholarship Federation, and Armenian club. I believe that attending school and becoming involved will lead to achievement. The appearance of something can be totally different from its interior. That brings up the quote, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” my cultural mobile to the public is that strange looking, “book”. Even though my cultural mobile seems irrelevant, it reflects my culture, and the objects on it represents that I value my family, faith, and education. Appearance is not everything, strive for what is within.

How will you score my essay ? How much will you give ? While ostensibly people usually let their feelings guide them when they make important decision, good decision making generally requires people to think carefully and logically and to pay attention to practical details. Good decisions making can be seen through historical and contemporary events. Although the speech was improvised, "I have a dream" ad-libed by Martin Luther King contained many scholastic information. Without gathering data about historical incidents, King could not have created a speech that forever changed the destiny of Black Americans, in specifically, and citizens of United States of America, in generally. The elaborating information can be seen through the excerpt from the speech, "...that all men are created equal". That quote forever reverberated in the heart of U.S citizens, for it is the predominant proclaim in the famous Declaration of Independence written by one of the Founding Fathers of U.S- George Washington. King would not have achieved literal success if he had not relied on information about history and about the Declaration of Independence. Thinking rationally helps not only figures in history but also people in nowaday. Students at primary schools and high schools may find their subjects of study soporific because they do not see the pertinence of those subjects. For example, why do they have to study mathematics ? Why do they have to study history ? Through their feelings, those subjects seems to confound their minds more than help them become intelligent or become good persons, but if they can perceive with their own ratiocination, they can see that mathematics is one of the most powerful tool of science and that it can solve almost any problem in our germane lives; or they can see that history is not only controversial events that was affected heavily by the subjectivity but also a barometer of human's selfishness. So many things can be inferred from the subjects which students are studying. Through the above examples, people will clearly benefit themselves from rationality rather than from emotion. People should learn to decide by facts rather than by feelings. Please comment about my essay. THANKS ! Thank you Mr .Pedro "Ostensibly" means having the appearance of truth (adverb)

Someone please rate my SAT essay? 6. Do we learn more from finding out our mistakes or from successful actions? As every other thing in nature, man is designed to progress through trial-and-error. It is through mistakes that one learns to be better equipped when a similar challenge comes along. ''Failure is the mother of success'' may sound like a hackneyed platitude, but it hold an enormous amount of truth. Ultimately, failure is the stepping stone to true greatness. This can be clearly illustrated by the actions of Thomas Edison. Over a century ago, Mr Edison changed the world by developing the incandescent light bulb. Contrary to popular belief, he didn't invent the light bulb, but rather improved upon a 50-year old discarded idea. Nevertheless, Edison went through long periods of trial-and-error in order to substantiate this idea. Undaunted by repeated failures, he finally managed to develop a practical incandescent light bulb. The success of his endeavors can be ascribed to learning from his mistakes as well as others. When asked about his constant failures, he allegedly said '' I have not failed a thousand times, but rather I have successfully discovered 1000 ways not to make a light bulb''. This famous quote clearly shows us that mistakes inherently guides us to the path of success. Another example would be Charles Goodyear. Mr Goodyear is famously credited as the pioneer of vulcanized rubber. This was during the rubber boom when the rubber industry of America was at its nadir. The rubber crisis motivated Goodyear to revolutionize and steer the American rubber industry off the precipices. During his first attempt, he thought he had managed to successfully remove the stickiness of rubber. Unfortunately, his joy was evanescent as his rubber products reverted to its stickiness. Despite his initial failure, he continued to persevere through countless of arduous experiments before finally discovering vulcanization. His indefatigable efforts learning through his mistakes eventually paid dividends. In addition, this further proves that we learn from our mistakes and not successful actions as Goodyear's first action was merely a false dawn. However, that mistake lead him to discover vulcanization. Furthermore, another fine example would be the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming. Mr Fleming discovered penicillin by accident when he left a cultured solution exposed to a bacterial fungus. Although it was merely serendipity, this proves that it is through mistakes that we truly learn. Hypothetically, if he had not make that mistake, penicillin probably might not have even been discovered. Moreover, his breakthrough laid a strong foundation for Dr Howard Florey and his colleagues to produce a successful serum of penicillin. This was due to intensive research and learning from Mr Fleming's mistakes. In conclusion, it is evident that humans learn more from mistakes than successful actions. It is an intrinsic part of human nature which has helped mankind strive for success. As a wise man once said, '' The road of life twist and turns and no 2 directions are the same; yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination''. It can be interpreted that we learn our mistakes throughout the journey, not the destination which represents the destination. This is my first time writing. It took me 1hr and I know the test is only 25mins. Should i shorten it? I wrote it this long because all the sample essays i saw in the collegeboard book are long. But 25mins is short. Please give me advice!

Why do i feel like i want to drop out of school??? (im in the 9th grade)? School is getting overwhelming for me, and i have a great back-up plan. Also im already very intelligent. Famous High School Dropouts Part Two Shaun Kerry, M.D. Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology • H.G. Wells.......best-selling British author (dropped out to help family earn income; later returned and went on to college) • Jim Clark........self-made billionaire American businessman; founder of "Netscape"; first Internet billionaire (17, U.S. Navy) • Jimmy Dean..........singer-songwriter-actor; self-made multimillionaire American businessman; founder of the "Jimmy Dean Foods" brand sausage business (16, U.S. Merchant Marines; 18, U.S. Air Force) • Andrew Jackson......7th U.S. President; face is pictured on the U.S. twenty dollar bill (13, U.S. Continental Army; orphaned at 14; little formal education; home schooling/life experience; studied law in his late teens and became a lawyer) • Leon Uris..........best-selling American author (Exodus, etc.) (17, U.S. Marines) • Walter L. Smith.....former president of Florida A&M University (equivalency diploma, at age 23) • W. Clement Stone....self-made multimillionaire (some sources indicate billionaire) American businessman-author; founder of "Success" magazine (elementary school dropout; later attended high-school night courses and then some college) • Jack London.......best-selling American author (dropped out at 14 to work; later gained admission to the University of California; left after one semester) • Arthur Ernest Morgan....American flood-control engineer; college president-author; appointed by President Roosevelt to be director of the Tennessee Valley Authority public works project (left high school after three years; later attended the University of Colorado for six weeks) • Ray Charles.........singer-pianist; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee • Cher......Oscar-winning actress-singer • Maurice Chevalier.... Oscar-winning actor-singer; French Legion of Honor inductee/Medal recipient (note: rank bestowed in 1938 • Ellen Burnstyn......Oscar-winning actress • Raymond Burr.......actor • Sammy Cahn.......... Oscar-winning American songwriter-composer • Michael Caine.......Oscar-winning actor; knighted (United Kingdom: Sir Michael Caine) • Glen Campbell.......country music star • Daniel Gilbert......Harvard University psychology professor (equivalency diploma) • Dizzy Gillespie.....musician-composer (received honorary diploma from high school he attended) • Patrick Henry.......American Revolutionary War era politician; Virginia's first governor; famous quote: "Give me liberty, or give me death!" (little formal education; home schooling/life experience; later studied on his own and earned a law degree) • Peter Jennings......Canadian-born American television journalist; evening news anchorman • Ansel Adams.........American wilderness photographer; photography book author; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient • Julie Andrews.......Oscar-winning actress-singer • Louis Armstrong.....singer-musician • Brooke Astor........wealthy American socialite-philanthropist-author; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient • Pearl Bailey........singer-actress; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient • Lucille Ball........actress-comedienne-producer; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient • Bill Bartman........self-made billionaire American businessman • Count Basie.........bandleader-pianist • Jack Benny.......... comedian-actor-violinist • Humphrey Bogart.....Oscar-winning actor • Peter Bogdanovich....Oscar-nominated American film director-screenwriter (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, Mask, etc.) • Whoopie Goldberg....Oscar-winning actress-comedienne • Benny Goodman.....bandleader-clarinetist • Lew Grade.........British film/TV producer (TV: The Avengers, The Saint, Secret Agent, The Prisoner, The Muppet Show, etc.); knighted (United Kingdom: Sir Lew Grade) • Philip Emeagwali....supercomputer scientist; one of the pioneers of the Internet (high-IQ high-school dropout; left school in native Nigeria due to war conditions and lack of tuition money; continued to study on his own and earned an equivalency diploma; later won a scholarship to Oregon College of Education in the United States; transferred after one year to Oregon State University) • Danny Thomas........actor-producer-humanitarian (actor: Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show; co-producer: The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Andy Griffith Show, etc.); Congressional Gold Medal recipient • Peter Ustinov.......Oscar-winning actor • Hiram Stevens.......American-born engineering inventor; knighted (United Kingdom: Sir Hiram St

Question about staying up late? One of the greatest things in life that I look forward to is night time. I always stay up late, even as a child I would always get in trouble by my parents for staying up late as they would always force me to be in bed at a certain time period. This habit has never left me, it is who I am. But, I have read Benjamin Franklin's famous quote, "early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise." I have put this into consideration as a contribution to hindering my success in life, but I have also put into consideration René Descartes opinion on the subject, Descartes (one of the greatest mathematicians/philosophers who ever lived) said that one of his favorite things in life that he enjoyed was to stay up late at night. I have put both of these genius/successful men's opinions into consideration. What do you think? Does sleeping early have anything to do with success in life? or is it negligible?

Is this a powerful essay? Niccolo Machiavelli The Florentine author Niccolo Machiavelli is viewed as a bad, but he really was not. He was trying to guide leaders to achieve success in what they were doing. He did not say that this methods should be used for good or bad, but just states the things that a leader should do to be successful. One of his most powerful writing is The Prince. Even the political leaders in today’s world refer to it as a guide. It has left a strong mark in the western world. He may have had a negative view of humans, but he had a very good reason for the way he thought. He looked at the world around him and noted his observations. He just mentioned the reality of life, that’s all. He only told of what makes a successful leader based on the nature of a human and by referring to past successful leaders. Machiavelli’s famous quote, “The end justifies the means” (CITE) is right on. He is just concerned about the outcomes not the nature of the paths that leads to the outcome itself. If a desired outcome is achieved, then who cares about what tasks whether good or bad had to be completed? A leader should not worry about his reputation but instead be focused about what he wants to achieve and to keep his power to do it. “By appearing virtuous and upright while acting as the situation demanded, the prince could achieve these fundamental ends” (Matthews, 347). If a leader wants to be successful, then he needs to be like a lion. He must be feared by the governed so the kingdom can continue prospering. Machiavelli not only tells of his opinions about how a leader should be, but he also gives examples of great successful leaders that had the same nature that he describes. “Hannibal led a huge army, made up of countless different races, on foreign campaigns, there was never any dissension, either among the troops themselves or against the leader, whether things were going well or badly” (Matthews, 21). It is the fear that forced the people to respect Hannibal and that led him to accomplish everything that he had, which made him a great general. A larger number of people benefit from this kind of a leader than suffer. Machiavelli believes in utilitarianism which is a belief that says that it is okay for a few people to suffer if it means that a greater number of people will benefit from it (Kaufman, 11). As a leader, you shouldn’t worry about who gets hurt in the process, as long as the process leads to a great outcome. Machiavelli’s tactics are used today by powerful leaders. During WWII Harry S. Truman used the Machiavellian tactic of “the end justifies any means” when he tried to justify dropping the atomic bomb. He believed that in the end the bomb tactic saved more Americans and Japanese lives by ending the war quicker, even though a lot of innocent people were killed. Another example is Adolf Hitler. This leader was charismatic when he gave his speeches but what he did went against so many unethical codes. He tried to justify causing the Holocaust by saying that his intention was to get Germany out of the recession. He clearly used Machiavellian tactics to poison the peoples minds with fear against him and gained complete control. Hitler’s motives were not right, but it isn’t about being good or bad. It is about being feared, gaining control, and achieving your desired outcome. If there is an important task to be done for a countries well being, then a Machiavellian leader is one that will work. People do not want a leader with popularity. They want a leader that can get the job done. Machiavelli said that “Only a strong willed monarch, not bound by a finicky moral code, could bring Italy back from political chaos” (Matthews, 347). The governed cannot benefit by the leaders generosity. Sure it is nice of him to be so kind and giving, but is that what we want? No. He should be feared and ready to take on anything that comes in his way. He should be able to do anything it takes to achieve the best for his country. Machiavelli did not want to force his views on people, but simply wanted people to open their eyes and see what is going on. He wanted people to face reality. He looked back on leaders and noted their methods that have in fact worked for them. God or luck is not what a country is guided by. The acts of a human being is what brings about change in the world. People think Machiavelli’s writing were “bad”, because he did not mention that a leader should have love for the people or for the people to love him back. If an emotion like love metals into the work of a leader, the outcome can never be achieved, because then there are morals that are brought up. The leader would think about right and wrong, peoples emotions, and other things that can get in the way of thinking rationally.

“Never underestimate the heart of a champion.”? Rudy Tomjanovich's famous quote from the Houston Rockets Championship team. As the Playoffs near to the second round and teams are fighting to get through. A handful of teams, especially the San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a surprising position. Leading the Dallas Mavericks 3-1, Spurs has a chance to advance into the Conference Semi Finals once again. As many of us had predicted that Dallas should advance given the Spurs injury woes and inconsistency. Can you really count out a Greg Popovich and Tim Duncan led team? San Antonio had showed resiliency and heart in the opening rounds. No doubt that Dirk Nowitzki is the best international player and a future HOF, that the NBA has ever seen. But, what do you think about his success? Does he have a heart of champion? Sure, he lead Dallas to 50+ winning seasons during his career. But, just couldn't get over that hill. He was surrounded with plenty of talent, just couldn't finish the job. What would you prefer? A winner or that of a heart of a champion? Nice Jamaican man. I agree with Pau Gasol with you.

Please check my English answers 10 points? By all means, think and say what you want, but I am no cheater. I am just simply a guy who needs 100% or else on a subject that I could care less for but that I am willing to go through for the success of my life. Help me or make smart comments, what ever; I just really need 100% on this and I am willing to do what ever it takes, even if it means coming on here and taking lectures. 1. In “My Father Sits in the Dark,” the narrator associates darkness with a fear of the unknown. With what does his father associate darkness, however? a. peril b. hunger c. securityXX d. confusion 2. How do the authors of the two memoir essays on language provide support for their ideas about language? a. They quote famous linguistic specialists. b. They give examples from their own lives.XX c. They list numerous statistics from research. d. They ask the readers a lot of questions. 3. Which statement would author Richard Rodriguez most likely support? a. Most teachers lose sight of what is best for their students. b. Students should take only classes taught in their language. c. Each child should have a public identity with a public language.XX d. Parents should not immigrate to the United States with their children. 4. Of what is the egg a symbol in “The Egg”? a. It is a symbol of uncertainty. b. It is a symbol of the author’s principles. c. It symbolizes life.XX d. It symbolizes death. 5. Who is the main audience of the two memoir essays about language? a. readers who are still young b. readers who teach at colleges c. readers who have just come to the United StatesXX d. readers who speak English well 6. Why is Rodriguez unable to hear the distinct sounds of English anymore? a. He has lost his interest in English. b. He is too familiar with the language now.XX c. He cannot erase Spanish from his memory. d. His sense of hearing is failing. 7. The speakers in “Hunger of Memory” and “The Egg” are similar in that both a. blame their fathers for making poor decisions about their futures. b. yearn for the years when they were closer to their parents. c. consider how their parents’ choices shaped their childhoods.XX d. feel their parents will take pride in the work they do. 8. Although both are busy mothers, the mother in “Daystar” is thinking about some time to herself while the mother in “I Stand Here Ironing” is a. doubting that she has ever shown her daughter enough love. b. feeling nostalgic for the simplicity of her own childhood. c. wondering about the choices she has made and how they have affected her child. d. hoping that her children will learn to speak English and rise above her own circumstances.XX 9. The religious imagery in “My Father in the Navy" a. satisfies readers’ enjoyment of sound and rhythm. b. communicates how separated the father was from the rest of the family.XX c. suggests to readers how the sailor relates to water. d. praises the father’s real job as a church leader. 10. In “Daystar,” the poet repeats the word nothing in the final lines in order to a. give a sense of the woman’s wistful longing for freedom.XX b. show that the woman feels she has no purpose in life. c. create a mood of joy and relaxation in the speaker’s home. d. emphasize the nagging sounds of her children and husband.

please give me inspiration? ive been moved by inspirational quotes lately and would like some that any famous figures of any kind said that have pulled a project, or plan together to success. im kinda down right now, so any thing that has made a difference will pull my mood out of the earth. dont preach to me, im not inspired by jesus or god

Can you take a look at my speech and let me know how I can improve it? “There are three ingredients to the good life, learning, earning and yearning,” a quote by a famous American journalist named Christopher Morley. We learn about subjects such as trigonometry and political science and discover what educational courses we want to reach. In which the outcome could one day earn us acceptance letters from the best schools in the nation. And we yearn for more success along the way. These words helped me maintain the mental image of becoming successful and to prove those who lacked confidence in me, wrong. In September of 2005, my journey began. A young perplexed girl who didn’t appreciate the significance of education, instead wanted to be “cool.” I went from one school to another, dissatisfaction to dissatisfaction, and almost ready to give up. Then a close friend illuminated the idea of improving my education here at Opportunities for Learning. My experience throughout my time here opened my eyes to see the value of education. It has helped me become self-motivated, and although it was a long process of perseverance, determination, and hard work, I wouldn’t be standing here in front of you today without my actions. My teacher Danielle had several talks with me at times about how important school should be to me. But If it’s one thing I remember about Danielle is the time she told me she saw so much potential in me, and in my fellow classmates. She would have to remind about it every time I seemed to be slacking off in school. Sometimes she asked me why I wasn’t focused, and when I explained myself to her, I realized how inadequate my excuses were. We’ve all heard that education is the key to all success, and while most of us agree, there are some who don’t. They say the world’s most successful people never even finished college. I’m sure at some point, we have all let that occupy our minds, but luckily for me, it wasn’t too late to let go of that thought. I stopped having that mentality as soon as I faced reality. I comprehended that the majority of successful people who decided not to finish college made so much money because someone important recognized them. There are millions of extremely brilliant, interesting and talented people who have all that it takes, but didn’t make it because they weren’t introduced to the right people.. It’s all about networking, but can we all take that risk of letting go of all the hard work and depend on luck? What if that plan doesn’t work? Do we have a college degree to fall back on? Some very rich people have little education yet continue to succeed in life yet these are unique people. Not everyone is able to succeed like those people, most need education to guide and strengthen his/her natural abilities. Education provides a way for intelligent people to ascend above his/her peers and be successful. Education guides people toward success by accenting their traits of triumph. The Opportunities for Learning staff helped me realize that. There are going to come times when we fail, fall, break or give up, times when opportunities seem out of reach, times when people will say “no,” but mark my words, someone is going to say yes. Congratulations class of 09, follow your dreams and don’t stop until you get there! BY:NAOMI

Analysis of "our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate...." quote? The quote by Marianne Williamson, “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and famous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in all of us. And when we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” can someone give me an analysis of it?! especially the beginning of it. I'm writing a paper on success and being afraid to be great.

Who is more convincing as Hannibal Lecktor/Lecter, Brian Cox or Anthony Hopkins? Allen Barra, writing in the Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/movies/feature/2002/10/04/manhunter/index.html , is not alone in thinking that the producers of the series of films based on the books of Thomas Harris demonstrated Hollywood's awful habit of fixing something that's not broken, by recasting the role of Harris's most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. /QUOTE/ Cox suavely underplays Hannibal Lecter, attempting to hide him behind a screen of nonthreatening banality. He would never be capable of the "Senator, love your outfit" or fava-beans-and-Chianti lines delivered by Hopkins that were written for the movie. /UN-QUOTE/ Of course, there is no argument that Hopkins has made the role his own, and the movies featuring his performances have achieved success well beyond that achieved by Michael Mann's Manhunter (1986). However, is it really possible that the pantomime villain personality that Hopkins portrays Lecter to be, could have gotten away with his crimes for so long, without raising suspicions in the minds of the psychopath hunting detectives with whom he had regular contact? How did he not stand out as stranger than the criminals he was supposed to be dealing with? As Barra points out /QUOTE/ Cox lures you in a bit, then deadpans the kicker. Looking over the files of the serial killer he has agreed to help Graham catch, he asks, almost as an afterthought, "Would you like to leave me your home phone number, Will?" The way Cox delivers that makes it the most chilling line in all four Hannibal Lecter movies. /UN-QUOTE/ So, who is more convincing as Hannibal Lecktor/Lecter, Brian Cox or Anthony Hopkins? Support you position if possible.

plz help with editing and revising the paragraph? This is paragraph so far..... How did the readers response to the books of J.k.Rowling? Both “Children and adults could not get enough of their new favorite character, Harry Potter (pg.4)”. Everyone loves the series so much that the last book not only broke many records, but also got so much publicity that they had to have huge security so they could keep the plot secret. Some “Children stood in lines at book stores for hours waiting for their own copies (pg.18).” __________Joanne’s books have become a great success (pg.14).” Not only have her books made he famous, but they also made her a billionaire! I know that the paragraph sucks and everything, but thats why ur there! We were supposed to read a bio and create a paragraph about it. and then we are supposed to pick 3 quotes from the book and write supports to the quotes. Well... I need help for the support for the 2nd quote, so I put a line between 2 sentences where it should go. Oh and the quotes can only come from the book.

How is this essay I typed? 123456? James Fenimore Cooper produces a series of novels known as "The Leatherstocking Tales" depicting the adventures of Hawk eye, a white man raced by idians and his involvement with the activities of the Americans who built the frontier towns and drove the indians and there culture, out. James Coopers wealth of knowledge in history and folklore made these books amazing works of art and are considered American Classics. The Last of the Mohicans, the most famous book of the series puts Hawkeye right in the middle of the Massacre of Fort William Henry in 1757, while addressing the issues of interracial relationships, and the white mans view of the Indians. The book was adapted to several films which were reproduced and even made into a mini-series. They provide a view into the mindset of the time and all show the attitude toward settlement of the American frontier at the time, while including religous, romantic and other aspects of Hawkeyes life. James Fenimore Cooper suggests that interracial mingling is both desirable and dangerous. He shows the realtionship between Hawkeye, a white man and Chingachgook, a Mohican Indian. There bond threw there knowledge of nature enables them to transcend race, team up against the Huron Tribe,to fight with the white man. One of the prevailing themes is that nature brings all the men together in a battle field not at all like the ones of Europe, adds danger and even more challenge to the battles going on around them. The Europeans, being used to the flat laid out battle fields, tatics prove to old for the new war style, arena, and oppenent. In the movie, it seems that the mens skills in the woods reflect there all around character. Hawkeye, the protaginist of the story, has a respect and admiration for the woods, understanding its workings, and being able to us it to his advantage. Duncan's misunderstanding of the woods shows his obvious incompetence toward leading. The story also displays interracial romantic relationships as doomed and undesirable. The interracial love of Uncas and Alice ends in tragedy. The issue of interacial relationships is still around today, a taboo that in recent times is seeming more easily broken in America then ever before. During the French Indian War, in which this story takes place France, England, and there Indians allies were fighting for control of America. The indians choice alliances based on neccesity and the thought that if on the winning side, they would recieve better treatment. This was a misconception that would eventually lead to the near complete destruction of there culture and people.The title forshadows the tragedy of the film. Although the title specifically refers to Chingachgook, it also alludes to a much larger event: the murderous removal of the Indians by President Andrew Jackson’s policies of the 1830s. The book was written in this time period and reflects the extermination of the culture native toward America. Also during the time period of the novel, interacial marriage between Indians and Whites were allowed by many states, while black and white marriage was not. This is an idea streching far threw out American history and did not change for some time. The frontier is another key theme in the movie, resembling the fresh start and feeling in the new world. Another issue addressed is the old religons of Europe had no place in the new land, Calvinism, no longer had its place. Only threw hard work could you achieve success in this new world. The Indians alliances also drew from economical alliances with Indians. The English and French both traded with Indians, this helped shaped the alliances they formed threwout the fighting. The French Indian War, was a chapter of the seven year war, a global war that all of Europe was participating in. Hawkeye: Chingachgook told me, "Don't try to understand them; and don't try to make them understand you. For they are a breed apart and make no sense." A quote from the movie about the white people accoring to hawkeyes father Chingachogook. This was true of the time period, the Indians could not understand the new settles or there ways. The whole movie is a story around a key battle in the war for america. Showing its historical accuracy threw the battle resulting in the French victory, and eventullay British massacre.

how is this intro for an essay? Prompt: If you could have lunch with any famous person, either living or dead, whom would you choose and why? Describe your conversation at lunch. Lunch with anyone. Even if the person’s dead. Cool. Now, the mind immediately flits to the movie star, the civil rights activist, the American Idol, the past president. How very tempting it is to invite a person I already admire, to get to meet that person personally, to get to know the person beyond Wikipedian knowledge, to learn the well-kept secrets to success and happiness, which they all seem to have achieved. But with one further minute of thought I realize what a terrible waste that would be. Celeb interviews are all over the Net, revolutionary life stories are all over the history channel, and the ideals of presidents scattered through libraries across the world. The world has already tried to further understand those we understand and admire already. I want to understand the one whose thoughts strike me as unthinkable, whose actions leave me paralyzed, whose quotes render me dumbstruck. "The pieces of the bodies of infidels were flying like dust particles. If you would have seen it with your own eyes, you would have been very pleased, and your heart would have been filled with joy." I would like to have lunch with the only man who is capable of saying the above quote: Osama bin Laden.

need some help plzzzzzz will give 10 points for right answer? For each of the following sentences, choose whether a citation is needed. 1. The famous critic praised Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird for its “warmth, humor, and wonderful sense of humanity.” (1 point) No. Yes. The quotation should be followed by the author's name and a page reference in parentheses. 2. In their latest book about dog behavior, experts John Smith and Laura Elderman suggest that all rescue associations test their dogs for aggressiveness and other behavioral issues before the animals are adopted. (1 point) No. Yes. The quotation should include the authors’ names and a page reference in parentheses. 3. Maybe one day TV will be used more for the purpose of education rather than entertainment. (1 point) No. Yes. The quotation should include the author’s name and paragraph number (if available) in parentheses. 4. In her online blog, Karina Bajorek recounts how she did not think of becoming a war photographer at the beginning of her career. (1 point) No. Yes. The quotation should include the author’s name and paragraph number (if available) in parentheses. 5. “There was a peculiar tone as he spoke to me that night, like he had doubts about his success as a scriptwriter.” (1 point) No. Yes. The quotation should include the author’s name in quotes and a page reference, both in parentheses.

Fans of Robert Pattinson only? I'm a huge fan of Robert. I search the internet daily (tmz,Perez Hilton,etc) for news and quotes from him and theres a pattern that I'm starting to see that is worrying me. He appears to be very upset that he can't play his music anymore because someone always records it and puts it on you-tube. He says he doesn't want to be on the new moon soundtrack. He seems upset because he can't go anywhere without being mobbed or followed by papz. He doesn't like fans being obsessed with his hair, clothes, personal life, etc. Is it just me or does it seem that he really HATES being famous? I'm afraid that he's either going to say forget it and quit or he is going to become one of those people who have such a hard time dealing with his success that he resorts to taking drugs to deal with it. He just seems really unhappy with it all. Has anyone else noticed this? Do you think he may do a few more movies and then just stop?

How does it look????? Walt Disney was a man of character, humor, and life, but those traits weren’t the key to his success. Disney was able to see the world in a different way. Whether it was a talking mouse or paying the month’s rent, Disney always strove and worked for the best for what he believed in. Disney was one of the most influential men in history, and all it took was a grin, charisma, and an extravagant imagination. Walt Disney Changed the world of film forever, because of his perseverance, youthfulness, and inspiration.The reason why many people don’t become who they want to be because they don’t persevere. Disney worked amazingly hard to get to the top, as the author states “He was born into a poverty, even more dire emotionally then it was economically.” (Schickel/10) Despite the fact times were hard for Disney, he was able to look over his loss and gain from his love of art and comedy. Most famous people today come from or are connected to the rich and famous, while as Disney worked up from poverty to be one of the most successful men in history. “Reduced to living in his studio and eating cold beans out of a can, Disney endured the hard times any worthwhile success story demands(Schickel/13). Disney’s story was different then today’s stories it shows how he wasn’t a natural success, he was human and made mistakes along the way. When we grow up we lose a special part of us. We lose our imagination and our childlike ways that made us unique. We see how Disney was able to keep that innocence in the following quote by Brad A. (11) “During these ‘care free years’ of country living, young Walt began to love an appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community which were a large part of living.” Disney’s care free spirit gave him the ability to love and appreciate the world around him. With Disney’s youthful imagination he was able to come up with some of the most inspiring films of all time. They made you think about the world and how you perceive it. “He personally directed the design of an experimental prototype community of tomorrow (EPCOT) It was planned as a living showcase for the creativity of American industry.” (Brad A. / 29) Disney was already thinking of the future. By building EPCOT, we could see the future through Disney’s eyes. Disney’s youthfulness combined with his creativity made an amazing futuristic building. His idea was unique and unlike any other idea of the future. Kids and adults today still go to EPCOT to see a future like any other. We all need role models in our life and Disney could defiantly qualify. He was an inspiration to many. “Instead of socializing with the whos who of the Hollywood entertainment industry, he would stay home and have dinner with his wife, Lillian, and his daughter s Diane and Sharon.” A. (11) I look up to people who arrant the most popular and who sacrifice fame for their family. This is one reason Disney is such an inspiration. Many find it amazing how Disney was able to stay low and still be so successful. He shows us that you can live a normal life and still be famous. “He left his stamp on animated features that still engage modern children and inspired the recent new wave of Disney cartoon successes” Disney was a kind, antiwar, world loving man. He is an inspiration because of his values and outstanding movies. If we all thought like Disney, the world would be a better place. His daring tactics and whimsical stories changed the world forever. He made us see things differently.With his perseverance, youthfulness, and inspiration, Disney changed the world of film forever. Disney is the greatest film maker of all time. It is a shame to see how an innocent dreams lead to a greedy franchise within 30 years. We may not still have Disney here to stop it, but we will always have his inspiring movies that the world will cherish for years to come. can anyone help with my quote citation ??

Who can help me find a quote....? please? i want something along the lines of... don't loose your soul on the road to success because at the end it won't be worth it or... down the road to success, don't loose yourself. because at the end? that's what matters the most, your soul. it can be by a famous person or invented by you... help? any ideas?

Please help me with the correct trivia for US99 & other Radio Stations for December 5, 2008? Good Morning all! Before They Were Famous: B) Cocaine Celeb Travel. The worst hotel guest ever: (for now) Who wrote the article “Summer Seafood”? Jane and Michael Stern Champions: C) Boston Patriots Country Music Trivia: C) Atlanta This Day in U.S. History: C) 4,000 Video of the Day Trivia: Where do you see HSBC? Amazing Colorful World Slide Show (again for now) You Can Quote Me: B) You always pass failure on the way to success Newsletter: Cheer Artist: Montgomery Gentry Deans: Ice Nascar: E Taylor Swift: Our Song All Access: #80 Gould Happy Birthday & Anniversary Month to: Pincio (13th), tjcmstables (15th) Fred G (23rd),Eric –sheb12 son (29th) Sher (31st), Jw and husband (31st 25 years!) nancykep (31st) Who We Are and the stations we listen too! 92.5 JOE FM EDMONTON, AB 92.5 WWYZ HARTFORD, CT. 92.5 LONESTAR DALLAS, TEXAS 92.5 XTU PHILADELPHIA 92.5 WBEE ROCHESTER, NY 92.5 THE WOLF, DENVER 92.9 DAVEFM ATLANTA, GA 93.7 THE BULL TRIVIA 93.9 MOVING CALIFORNIA 94.9 THE SOUND WSWD FM CINCINNATI OHIO 95.3 NEW COUNTRY, HAMILTON ONTARIO 95.5 WFMS INDIANAPOLIS 95.7 MYCLUB MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 96.5 WCMF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 96.7 THE TWISER ARLINGTON, TEXAS 98 WPXY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 98.7 KUPL PORTLAND, OR 99.5 WUSN CHICAGO, IL. 99.5 THE RIVER ALBANY, NEW YORK 99.5 WGAR CLEVELAND, OHIO 99.5 THE WOLF TEXAS COUNTRY 99.5 WZPL Z99 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 100.1 KZST SANTA ROSE, CA 100.3 KILT FM HOUSTON, TX Y101 OTTAWA, ONTARIO 101.9 Q102 CINCINNATI’S OHIO 102.1 EDGE DALLAS 102.5 KSFM SACRAMENTO, CA 102.9 MIX 103.9 CISN EDMONTON, AB 105.1 GO COUNTRY LOS ANGELES, CA C105 CALGARY, ALBERTA 105.9 WHCN THE RIVER HARTFORD, CT 105.7 KYKX LONGVIEW, TEXAS 106.1 WMIL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 106.1 KISS FM DALLAS, TX 106.1 KISS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Q107 CLASSIC CALGARY, AB Z107.7 ST. LOUIS, MO 107.9 WNTR THETRACK INDIANAPOLIS, IN To Sasha let it snow somewhere else! :) To Kmlisa7 when are we going shopping? with only 20 days now left? Happy Friday! Special Thanks to crazyjim, bevster, rxtech03 for help with today's answers :)

Somebody please help College paper!!!? I have a 1000 word essay do tuesday for my college english class. Okay she told us that we pick a picture and write about the picture itself or the subject in the picture, i chose to write about the subject in the picture which was Alfred Hitchcock. She just keeps saying that you write about what you want. ugh this is what i have so far: “I think we’re in trouble. I don’t know how this started or why, but I know it’s been here and we’d be crazy to ignore it…the bird war, the bird attack, plague-call it what you like.” Many of us are familiar with this quote which, comes from the 1963 hit movie “The Birds” by Alfred Hitchcock. The movie is about birds that begin attacking people in large flocks, and increasing viciousness near a small California town. The film was a great success; it won a Golden Globe Award, and was nominated for an Oscar. This, along with other works by Alfred Hitchcock, gave him the title as one of the most famous film directors of all time. Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899 in London, England to his Father William Hitchcock who was a greengrocer, and his mother Emma Hitchcock. The youngest of three children Alfred considered his childhood as protected, but, at the same time lonely. His father would often place guilt upon him, which, resulted in fear of his father. At the age of fourteen Alfred’s father died and from there he went off to college to study at the school of engineering and navigation. After a few years of study he became a draftsman and advertising designer with a cable company. During this time Alfred became interested with photography and started working as a title card designer for what would later become Paramount Pictures. During 1920 he received a full time position at Islington Studios, designing titles for silent films. The rise from title design to film director took about five years, but, by the end of the 1930’s Hitchcock was one of the most famous movie directors in England. The first films that Hitchcock directed were not very successful. His first film, Number 13 was canceled because of financial troubles. He was given another shot with the film, The Pleasure Garden, However, the film was became a flop. Finally, in 1926 Hitchcock directed The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, which was released in 1927 and earned phenomenal success throughout the United Kingdom. Hitchcock began his tenth film, Blackmail, in 1929. The film was to be one of the first sound pictures in the UK. Hitchcock married his wife Alma Reville, after meeting during production, together they directed and produced films. Please help i don't even have 500 words yet. What else could i put w/o copying from wikipedia or something.

HELP! Famous quotes about freedom of speech,press,religion,or assmebly(Question for college students/ teachers HELP! Famous quotes about freedom of speech,press,religion,or assmebly(Question for college students/ teachers Question Details:I have an assignment for a class and my teacher wants me to pick an important person who i can explain the significance of. They need to be talking about what i said above, freedom of speech,press,religion,or assembly.( a lengthy one would be nice but if not thats ok.) After i do this i need to find a video and biography of them so i need an important person and quote asap! Any further questions or details feel free to ask. Below is what the teacher posted about the assignment:Celebrate the First Amendment to the Constitution with a "quote" that illustrates the beauty and power of this precious series of rights! It's my Favorite:-) There are many fine quotations out there but make sure your quote speaks to the Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion or Assembly. There are quote search engines on my homepage under College Success, Search Engines....Of course, that everyone must have a different quote, goes without saying...:-) 1. Give us your quotation. Name the author and explain the significance of the author. 2. Tell us which Freedom this quote celebrates. List some additional factoid about this freedom from the testbook or other source. No one may repeat what others have said! Keep this relatively short to let your classmates in on it too. 3. Find a media article from a source you have not used yet that illustrates the freedom you are celebrating. Try to find something more interesting than a story about how protestors of the war in Iraq illustrates free speech. Too easy...know what I'm saying?...MEAT, I want MEAT! 4. Read your classmates' postings and comment by VOTING for the BEST QUOTE. One Vote ONLY! I have prizes...Well, humble ones:-) 5. Will someone volunteer to count the votes? GET GOING!

Dark Side of the Moon or In the Court of the Crimson King? Which album is better. I think DSOM is better but I'm a huge PF fan so I'm very biased. In the Court of the Crimson King is the 1969 debut album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album reached #3 on the British charts. The album is certified gold in the United States. The album is generally viewed as one of the strongest of the progressive rock genre, where King Crimson largely stripped away the blues-based foundations of rock music and mixed together jazz and Classical symphonic elements. In his 1997 book Rocking the Classics, critic and musicologist Edward Macan notes that In the Court of the Crimson King "may be the most influential progressive rock album ever released". The Who's Pete Townshend was quoted as calling the album "an uncanny masterpiece". In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #4 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". The album was named as one of Classic Rock magazine's "50 Albums That Built Prog Rock". The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd, and was released in March 1973. The concept album built on ideas explored by the band in their live shows and earlier recordings, but it lacks the extended instrumental excursions that characterised their work following the departure in 1968 of founding member, principal composer, and lyricist Syd Barrett. The Dark Side of the Moon's themes include conflict, greed, the passage of time and mental illness, the latter partly inspired by Barrett's deteriorating mental state. The album was developed as part of a forthcoming tour of live performances, and was premiered several months before studio recording began. The new material was further refined during the tour and was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at Abbey Road Studios in London. The group used some of the most advanced recording techniques of the time, including multitrack recording and tape loops. Analogue synthesisers were given prominence in several tracks, and a series of recorded interviews with staff and band personnel provided the source material for a range of philosophical quotations used throughout. Engineer Alan Parsons was directly responsible for some of the most notable sonic aspects of the album, including the non-lexical performance of Clare Torry. The album's iconic sleeve features a prism that represents the band's stage lighting, the record's lyrics, and the request for a "simple and bold" design. The Dark Side of the Moon was an immediate success, topping the Billboard 200 for one week. It subsequently remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history. With an estimated 45 million copies sold, it is Pink Floyd's most commercially successful album and one of the best-selling albums worldwide. It has twice been remastered and re-released, and has been covered by several other acts. It spawned two singles, "Money" and "Us and Them". In addition to its commercial success, The Dark Side of the Moon is one of Pink Floyd's most popular albums among fans and critics, and is frequently ranked as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. I'm guessing it will probably go to Dark Side of the Moon just because its more famous but you never know with prog-rock fans.

Why is SUSANNA HOFFS the hottest member of the all-female American band THE BANGLES? Susanna Hoffs is often regarded as the main vocalist of THE BANGLES, which is an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s. Several artists have referenced the Bangles in their own songs. Alternative-country artist Robbie Fulks sings a wistful ode to "That Bangle Girl", a song identified as one of his "personal favorites", on his 2000 Very Best album. Although Fulks never says her name, the line "When the little one took the mike, I knew I'd fallen" suggests the particular "Bangle girl" he pines for is Susanna Hoffs, the shortest member of the group and frequent lead singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s48kuKLf0mE&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSci8NJjfZE&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHngF_b3NuE&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9PVucS9aw&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzrRAs8fdc&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpnaLJ-jn1k&feature=PlayList&p=778DA72EA5597FF7&index=4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoywnZHnVs&feature=PlayList&p=778DA72EA5597FF7&index=3 From 1986 onwards, there was friction among band members after the media began singling out Hoffs as the lead singer of the group, due to Columbia Records practice of releasing mostly singles on which Hoffs sang lead vocal. On September 28 2006, Tom Teicholz wrote an article for the Jewish Journal called: "Susanna Hoffs walks like a rockstar/Mom - Hollywood Jew". Teicholz begs the obvious: "How did a nice Jewish girl from Santa Monica become a rock star?": http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood_jew/article/susanna_hoffs_walks_like_a_rockstar_mom_20080528/ It's often been said that The Bangles' mystique as a rock band could not have been at all without Susanna Hoff's bushy dark hair, dark eyes, as much as her Mediterranean features are an exotic attraction to the majority of American rock fans. As indeed, The Bangles are often attired in exotic apparel which alludes to Travellers in South Eastern Europe. The concept of Bangles also alludes to Chudi, which are traditional ornaments worn by South Asian women, especially Hindus. They are circular in shape, and, unlike bracelets, are not flexible. Bangles are part of traditional Indian jewelry. They are usually worn in pairs by women, one or more on each arm. Hence, The Bangles is a rock band which alludes to Indo-Aryan migrations in Southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Persia, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent. Ranked #43 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists Susanna Hoffs is by far the most stunning and attractive member of this rock group, which was a chart topping success throughout the 1980s. All of which begs the obvious: Is Susanna Hoffs' success partly attributed to her Jewish ancestry? If at all, to what extent is Hoffs to be described as a person of Jewish heritage as distinct from the other members of this group?:- 1) Susanna Hoffs' status as the most famous member of The Bangles is anecdotal evidence that Israelites are the Chosen People. Whereas, most American males would love to date Susanna Hoffs the same cannot be said of any female of North African, Palestinian, Arabic, Turkic, Iranian, Afghan or South Asian heritage. I quote some recent comments on Yahoo! Answers in connection with this question: “She is sexual napalm. She did most of The Bangles’ vocals on their big hits and she was hot. Saw them once in concert. She was hot then too.” In other words, Western civilization which is based on Christianity, JUDAISM, and Humanism is much better than the Islamic culture of Third World migrants from North Africa, Arab countries, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indian Subcontinent. In other words, the Judaeo-Christian strategic political alliance is arguably the greatest alliance in the history of the world. This is why America’s diplomatic relations with the Middle East is typically skewed in favour of Israel. Hence, Barack Obama told CNN that “Jerusalem is the CAPITAL of Israel” in the run up to US Presidential elections in November 2008. Nelson Mandela has suggested that Western support for Israel has something to do with race. Historically, Western countries are much more inclined to support the Zionist cause than that of Palestinians given that Jewish people are essentially WHITE; whereas on the other hand, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza, and neighbouring hostile Arab countries are not essentially WHITE. Anybody who is reasonably intelligent should be able to guess that race/colour is the underpinning factor behind Western support for the Zionist cause in the Middle East. No one could rightly claim to be a fan of The Bangles or Susanna Hoffs unless one also professes a sympathy to the Zionist cause. To profess love to one individual means one should also have a profound love for said individual’s ance To profess love to one individual means one should also have a profound love for said individual’s ancestral home. Who do we prefer the most: American Jews who are hardworking, successful, and law abiding citizens OR low-skilled Black Muslim migrants from South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa who are obsessed with Jihad as well as slaughter of innocent people?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQOCcx5V9RI&feature=PlayList&p=0EB53275D6204F38&index=0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdX1qpCtlh8&feature=related 2) Susanna Hoffs' success is down to individual merit (both as a result of NATURE as much as NURTURE), which has nothing to do with her Jewish ancestry. 3) There is no biographical information whatever to suggest that the Hoffs are an observant Jewish family. By and large, American Jews are increasingly assimilated with the mainstream, political, White majority in the U.S. As indeed, it is common knowledge that Jews are a part of the White race in North America. There is no evidence that the Hoffs family belong to or participate with any Jewish organizations in the U.S. Thus, there is no evidence whatever to suggest that Susanna Hoffs is culturally "Jewish" per se nor is she “Jewish” in any sense with the exception that her lineal descent is Jewish. Although Susanna Hoffs has Jewish ancestry she does not have a Jewish upbringing in any sense whatever. Therefore, Susanna Hoffs' success has nothing to do with her Jewish background. 4) Susanna Hoffs is the only member of this group who has a Mediterranean, exotic, physical presence. On the other hand, the other members of the group i.e. Annette Zilinskas, Micki Steele, Debbi and Vicki Peterson are mostly from a Nordic-Alpine admixture. Whereas, they have only one heritage Susanna Hoffs is much more interesting, which is on account of her “bi-cultural” or “multi-racial” status. For instance, “Walk like an Egyptian” could not have been such a #1 hit without the exotic Gypsy-like appearance of Susanna Hoffs. Hence, it is by no coincidence that Susanna Hoffs is the most pined for member of The Bangles. Hoffs' exotic Mediterranean features are mostly attributed to her Jewish ancestry. Concurrently, she has sufficient Dinaric, Alpine, and Nordic ancestry to appeal to the majority of American rock fans throughout the 1980s to date. Hence, Susanna Hoffs is neither American nor Jewish, but it is much more plausible to describe her as a hyphenated "American Jew". In other words, Susanna Hoffs is much more interesting than any other member of the group, which is on account of her “bi-cultural” or “multi-racial” status as a Jewish American with more than one heritage. 5) Susanna Hoffs majored in BFA Theater Arts at the University of California in Berkeley. She also studied dance at Berkeley. In 1987, Susanna Hoffs starred in Allnighter which was critically panned. It also demonstrates the fact that Hoffs is not well trained in the stagecraft of theater nor acting for film/television. However little her experience with acting, Hoff's is much better trained than any member of this rock group. Susanna Hoffs' alma mater taught her how to be sexy on stage and in front of the camera, whereas the other girls are essentially vocalists/guitarists/drummers with little if any experience at all with acting. Therefore, Susanna Hoffs status as lead singer in The Bangles is entirely down to her school, which has nothing to do with her Jewish background. 6) All of these answers are correct. 7) None of these answers are correct. 8) Some of these answers are correct.

What do you think of these quotes? Most of these quotes i have made up and some are famous quotes, tell me what you think. Most of these are from Unknown, cause these are quotes that i remember and i dont want to research them. Some of them aren't quotes, rather thoughts that express how i feel. ''Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is below him?'' -Pierre Troubetzkoy No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. ~Terry Josephson ''Hold the person that you love closely if they're next to you. The one you love, not the person that'll simply have sex with you. Appreciate them to the fullest extent and then beyond....Because you never really know what you got, until it's gone...'' -Immortal Technique ''I'm not afraid of death, just the place I'm going after i die...'' -Me "I love the country I live in but I hate the people in charge." -Unknown "Success is psychological"... Screw everyone who expects you to make an actual college career, if you know you succeeded then you became successful. Dont wait for someone to cherish and value your talents. The greatest person to impress is yourself.'' -Me ''The best things in life are not things.'' -Unknown ''Only god can judge me'' -Tupac Shakur ''I'd rather die like a man than live like a coward'' -Tupac Shakur ''All you touche and all you see, is all your life will ever be'' -Unknown '' Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'' -Unknown ''A stumble may prevent a fall'' -Unknown ''If you don't speak your mind then what changes will you ever make?'' -Me ''We are born to die'' -Unknown ''The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.'' -Unknown ''Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.'' -Unknown ''Every single person to date, has their own experiences, problems, memories, and their own story. You kill someone, you take out someone irreplaceable from this world, you take someone out of the history books, someone who could have cured cancer, someone who had hopes, dreams. You alone could have changed history by killing that one little person. Then again you could have taken out a future murderer too, a future pedo, a future terrorist. Every single human being in this world has the potential to kill someone. Its embedded into all of us, its just wiser to not kill someone. You could completely disrupt and or change the outcome of the future.'' -Me ''Life isn’t worth living for, unless you have something worth dying for'' -Unknown EUREKA! I just made up another quote! It just popped into my head while having a discussion with my friend. ''Reality is only what your mind makes of it.'' -Me ''People remember so they can learn from those past experiences.'' -Me Life lesson.....

Please help me with the correct trivia for US99 & other Radio Stations for December 18, 2008? Good Morning all! Before They Were Famous: B) She was considered too tall Champions: A) Tom Watson (they must have found a golf trivia book) Country Music Trivia: B) Willie Nelson This Day in U.S. History: C) 102 Video of the Day Trivia: Where do you see a camera? A father’s loving Wish (lov) You Can Quote Me: C) Russell Baker Newsletter: Nutcracker Deans: sour cream Nascar: E Taylor Swift: Billy Goats All Access: #82 partner Happy Birthday & Anniversary Month to: Pincio (13th), tjcmstables (15th) Fred G (23rd),Eric –sheb12 son (29th) Sher (31st), Jw and husband (31st 25 years!) nancykep (31st) Who We Are and the stations we listen too! 92.5 JOE FM EDMONTON, AB 92.5 WWYZ HARTFORD, CT. 92.5 LONESTAR DALLAS, TEXAS 92.5 XTU PHILADELPHIA 92.5 WBEE ROCHESTER, NY 92.5 THE WOLF, DENVER 92.9 DAVEFM ATLANTA, GA 93.7 THE BULL TRIVIA 93.9 MOVING CALIFORNIA 94.9 THE SOUND WSWD FM CINCINNATI OHIO 95.3 NEW COUNTRY, HAMILTON ONTARIO 95.5 WFMS INDIANAPOLIS 95.7 MYCLUB MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 96.5 WCMF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 96.7 THE TWISER ARLINGTON, TEXAS 96.9 THE EAGLE SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 97.3 ALICE SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 98 WPXY ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 98.7 KUPL PORTLAND, OR 99.5 WUSN CHICAGO, IL. 99.5 THE RIVER ALBANY, NEW YORK 99.5 WGAR CLEVELAND, OHIO 99.5 THE WOLF TEXAS COUNTRY 99.5 WZPL Z99 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 100.1 KZST SANTA ROSE, CA 100.3 KILT FM HOUSTON, TX 100.7 WMMS CLEVELAND, OHIO Y101 OTTAWA, ONTARIO 101.9 Q102 CINCINNATI’S OHIO 102.1 EDGE DALLAS 102.5 KSFM SACRAMENTO, CA 102.9 MIX 103.9 CISN EDMONTON, AB 105.1 GO COUNTRY LOS ANGELES, CA C105 CALGARY, ALBERTA 105.9 WHCN THE RIVER HARTFORD, CT 105.7 KYKX LONGVIEW, TEXAS 106.1 WMIL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 106.1 KISS FM DALLAS, TX 106.1 KISS SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Q107 CLASSIC CALGARY, AB Z107.7 ST. LOUIS, MO 107.9 WNTR THETRACK INDIANAPOLIS, IN Add two new stations yesterday! Welcome! We also celebrate birthday's here on my question if you want to let me know yours? Good Luck Nancy. Hope all that are in the ice storm area drive safely and that they are wrong about it. You guys that just had it, made it sound not fun! I like electricity and heat! Hope all are still getting better. Our favorite little miracle is doing good. from his parents comments! Another boring day. Tonight they will be putting in a new pick-line. They have one in his arm right now, but they aren't pleased with its placement, so they are going to put in a new one. Last time it took them two tries with the first try taking over an hour with no success. So please pray that they get it in quickly. Also, the nurses are still having a little bit of trouble with the placement of his ventilator tube. He is quite the little wiggler and I think it might have something to do with that. The vent tube has a curve on the end of it so I guess if that is against the wall of his lung it, it doesn't have good reads. In order for him to come off of the big ventilator, he needs to have a bunch of good reads in a row. So please pray that the tube stays turned the right way, or the he quits wiggling so much! But Lincoln is so cute when he wiggles! Hopefully tomorrow will be another boring day! Stay safe in all the snow! We are lucky we have no where to go! Have a wonderful day all!

How to cite quotes? Say if i were to quote the famous George Sheehan "Success means having the courage, the determination, aand the will to become the person you beleive you were meant to be." My assignment is not to use internet sources yet i found this great quote on the internet. Do i need to cite it? Can i find it in a book? I don't know if he said it in a book or just said it. How do i cite this or do i even have to? I asked my teacher and he said to ask in class. :( HELP! I'm confused.

How to cite quotes? Say if i were to quote the famous George Sheehan "Success means having the courage, the determination, aand the will to become the person you beleive you were meant to be." My assignment is not to use internet sources yet i found this great quote on the internet. Do i need to cite it? Can i find it in a book? I don't know if he said it in a book or just said it. How do i cite this or do i even have to? I asked my teacher and he said to ask in class. :( HELP! I'm confused.

Question about staying up late? One of the greatest things in life that I look forward to is night time. I always stay up late, even as a child I would always get in trouble by my parents for staying up late as they would always force me to be in bed at a certain time period. This habit has never left me, it is who I am. But, I have read Benjamin Franklin's famous quote, "early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy wealthy and wise." I have put this into consideration as a contribution to hindering my success in life, but I have also put into consideration René Descartes opinion on the subject, Descartes (one of the greatest mathematicians/philosophers who ever lived) said that one of his favorite things in life that he enjoyed was to stay up late at night. I have put both of these genius/successful men's opinions into consideration. What do you think? Does sleeping early have anything to do with success in life? or is it negligible?

Why is SUSANNA HOFFS the hottest member of the all-female American band THE BANGLES? Susanna Hoffs is often regarded as the main vocalist of THE BANGLES, which is an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s. Several artists have referenced the Bangles in their own songs. Alternative-country artist Robbie Fulks sings a wistful ode to "That Bangle Girl", a song identified as one of his "personal favorites", on his 2000 Very Best album. Although Fulks never says her name, the line "When the little one took the mike, I knew I'd fallen" suggests the particular "Bangle girl" he pines for is Susanna Hoffs, the shortest member of the group and frequent lead singer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s48kuKLf0mE&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSci8NJjfZE&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHngF_b3NuE&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG9PVucS9aw&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLzrRAs8fdc&feature=PlayList&p=B1021A93DC2AFA85&index=15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpnaLJ-jn1k&feature=PlayList&p=778DA72EA5597FF7&index=4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geoywnZHnVs&feature=PlayList&p=778DA72EA5597FF7&index=3 From 1986 onwards, there was friction among band members after the media began singling out Hoffs as the lead singer of the group, due to Columbia Records practice of releasing mostly singles on which Hoffs sang lead vocal. On September 28 2006, Tom Teicholz wrote an article for the Jewish Journal called: "Susanna Hoffs walks like a rockstar/Mom - Hollywood Jew". Teicholz begs the obvious: "How did a nice Jewish girl from Santa Monica become a rock star?": http://www.jewishjournal.com/hollywood_jew/article/susanna_hoffs_walks_like_a_rockstar_mom_20080528/ It's often been said that The Bangles' mystique as a rock band could not have been at all without Susanna Hoff's bushy dark hair, dark eyes, as much as her Mediterranean features are an exotic attraction to the majority of American rock fans. As indeed, The Bangles are often attired in exotic apparel which alludes to Travellers in South Eastern Europe. The concept of Bangles also alludes to Chudi, which are traditional ornaments worn by South Asian women, especially Hindus. They are circular in shape, and, unlike bracelets, are not flexible. Bangles are part of traditional Indian jewelry. They are usually worn in pairs by women, one or more on each arm. Hence, The Bangles is a rock band which alludes to Indo-Aryan migrations in Southern Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Persia, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent. Ranked #43 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists Susanna Hoffs is by far the most stunning and attractive member of this rock group, which was a chart topping success throughout the 1980s. All of which begs the obvious: Is Susanna Hoffs' success partly attributed to her Jewish ancestry? If at all, to what extent is Hoffs to be described as a person of Jewish heritage as distinct from the other members of this group?:- 1) Susanna Hoffs' status as the most famous member of The Bangles is anecdotal evidence that Israelites are the Chosen People. Whereas, most American males would love to date Susanna Hoffs the same cannot be said of any female of North African, Palestinian, Arabic, Turkic, Iranian, Afghan or South Asian heritage. I quote some recent comments on Yahoo! Answers in connection with this question: “She is sexual napalm. She did most of The Bangles’ vocals on their big hits and she was hot. Saw them once in concert. She was hot then too.” In other words, Western civilization which is based on Christianity, JUDAISM, and Humanism is much better than the Islamic culture of Third World migrants from North Africa, Arab countries, Iran, Afghanistan, and the Indian Subcontinent. In other words, the Judaeo-Christian strategic political alliance is arguably the greatest alliance in the history of the world. This is why America’s diplomatic relations with the Middle East is typically skewed in favour of Israel. Hence, Barack Obama told CNN that “Jerusalem is the CAPITAL of Israel” in the run up to US Presidential elections in November 2008. Nelson Mandela has suggested that Western support for Israel has something to do with race. Historically, Western countries are much more inclined to support the Zionist cause than that of Palestinians given that Jewish people are essentially WHITE; whereas on the other hand, Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza, and neighbouring hostile Arab countries are not essentially WHITE. Anybody who is reasonably intelligent should be able to guess that race/colour is the underpinning factor behind Western support for the Zionist cause in the Middle East. No one could rightly claim to be a fan of The Bangles or Susanna Hoffs unless one also professes a sympathy to the Zionist cause. To profess love to one individual means one should also have a profound love for said individual’s ancestral home. Who do we prefer the most: American Jews who are hardworking, successful, and law abiding citizens OR low-skilled Black Muslim migrants from South Asia, Middle East, and North Africa who are obsessed with Jihad as well as slaughter of innocent people?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQOCcx5V9RI&feature=PlayList&p=0EB53275D6204F38&index=0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdX1qpCtlh8&feature=related 2) Susanna Hoffs' success is down to individual merit (both as a result of NATURE as much as NURTURE), which has nothing to do with her Jewish ancestry. 3) There is no biographical information whatever to suggest that the Hoffs are an observant Jewish family. By and large, American Jews are increasingly assimilated with the mainstream, political, White majority in the U.S. As indeed, it is common knowledge that Jews are a part of the White race in North America. There is no evidence that the Hoffs family belong to or participate with any Jewish organizations in the U.S. Thus, there is no evidence whatever to suggest that Susanna Hoffs is culturally "Jewish" per se nor is she “Jewish” in any sense with the exception that her lineal descent is Jewish. Although Susanna Hoffs has Jewish ancestry she does not have a Jewish upbringing in any sense whatever. Therefore, Susanna Hoffs' success has nothing to do with her Jewish background. 4) Susanna Hoffs is the only member of this group who has a Mediterranean, exotic, physical presence. On the other hand, the other members of the group i.e. Annette Zilinskas, Micki Steele, Debbi and Vicki Peterson are mostly from a Nordic-Alpine admixture. Whereas, they have only one heritage Susanna Hoffs is much more interesting, which is on account of her “bi-cultural” or “multi-racial” status. For instance, “Walk like an Egyptian” could not have been such a #1 hit without the exotic Gypsy-like appearance of Susanna Hoffs. Hence, it is by no coincidence that Susanna Hoffs is the most pined for member of The Bangles. Hoffs' exotic Mediterranean features are mostly attributed to her Jewish ancestry. Concurrently, she has sufficient Dinaric, Alpine, and Nordic ancestry to appeal to the majority of American rock fans throughout the 1980s to date. Hence, Susanna Hoffs is neither American nor Jewish, but it is much more plausible to describe her as a hyphenated "American Jew". In other words, Susanna Hoffs is much more interesting than any other member of the group, which is on account of her “bi-cultural” or “multi-racial” status as a Jewish American with more than one heritage. 5) Susanna Hoffs majored in BFA Theater Arts at the University of California in Berkeley. She also studied dance at Berkeley. In 1987, Susanna Hoffs starred in Allnighter which was critically panned. It also demonstrates the fact that Hoffs is not well trained in the stagecraft of theater nor acting for film/television. However little her experience with acting, Hoff's is much better trained than any member of this rock group. Susanna Hoffs' alma mater taught her how to be sexy on stage and in front of the camera, whereas the other girls are essentially vocalists/guitarists/drummers with little if any experience at all with acting. Therefore, Susanna Hoffs status as lead singer in The Bangles is entirely down to her school, which has nothing to do with her Jewish background. 6) All of these answers are correct. 7) None of these answers are correct. 8) Some of these answers are correct.

i need some help about a quote! realllllyyyyyyyy badly!!!!! please help me!!!!? i am participating in the history fair and my partner and I need to figure out who first said the famous quote "climbing the ladder of success"

How would you translate these quotes? I need to have the following sentences translated into Japanese as simply and beautifully as possible. The use of Yojikukugo would probably make it more compact. The quotes themselves are famous but I just need them put into Japanese. 1. Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. 2. Some people think it's holding on that makes you strong-sometimes it's letting go. 3. Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses. Thanks in advance!

school thing again......i really need to get ink for my printer.? Becca RobelBusiness Due Feb,13,09Simon Cowell His first known insult, directed towards his own mother, when he told her, that her hat made her look like a poodle. He was born on October 7th 1959 in Brighton England, Son to Eric Phillip and Julie Cowell, brother too Nicholas Cowell, step brother to Tony and Michael Cowell. Many know him as that mean one on American Idol, who? None other than Simon Cowell. Yes the man who built his fortune on the criticism of others, the producer of the X factor, America’s got Talent and judge of his other show , American Idol. Although it may seem crazy, this man actually worked very hard to get to where he is today. Smarts, Risks and Connections with his Father, made him the man he is today. Due to Drinking and cigarette smoking that started at age 9, Simon was kicked out of a numerous amount of schools leading to him dropping out at age sixteen. Simon began working at a few menial jobs but always had trouble getting along with bosses and co-workers, obviously not a surprise, seeing how he still doesn’t get along with his fellow judges. His Father who was an executive at the recording Giant at EMI music publishing , got him a job in, where else?, his companies mail room. After a year of mail , Simon moved up to a job for Iain Burton, the manager of Chorographer Arlene Phillips, the co- founder of the dance group Hot Gossip, of the record label Fanfare records. In 1989 Cowell’s Fanfare records; parent company, got in to financial difficulties, forcing fanfare into the hands of BMG and Simon back into his parent’s house. He says this tragedy was the best thing that happened to him, teaching him the value of money. He then worked his way up to a position in music publishing he left to form E&S music with his boss at EMI. His Fathers connections in the business eventually got Simon rehired as the assistant to an A&R man. A little later in the year, Simon became an A&R consultant for BMG .when 2001 rolls around, Simon and two other judges star on a British show called Pop Idol, much like today’s American Idol. In 2002 Cowell set up another very successful label, SYCO records which then became a part of other labels such as Columbia Records and Sony BMG music entertainment. This was also the year American Idol premiered, naming Kelly Clarkson season one’s American Idol. In 2003 he releases a book titled, “ I don’t mean to be rude, but” about his early childhood and how he became who he is. That same year after a long search, Cowell found four men perfect for II Divo. Then the X- factor, a show off the syco records premiered in 2004. America’s got talent also began this year. Just two years later Simon became executive producer to American inventor a show seeing who can come up with the next big “it” thing on the market. In 2006 he also agreed to remain a judge on American Idol, earning a hefty check of 40 million annually. In the year 2008 a popular artist from the UK became famous in the US for her hit song bleeding love, yes Simon even signed Leona Lewis. Through out the years of his music career Simon has had many honors given to him. The judge of American Idol was presented with the accolade by theatre impresario sir Andrew Lloyd Webber during the ceremony at Royal Albert Hall. He was also presented with the life time achievement award as well. His show American Idol has been nominated for many Emmys over the years. He has won Teen Choice awards as well as an award for Special recognitions In 2006, Cowell ranked No. 29 on Forbes Magazine's "Celebrity 100 Power List." He was named one of People Magazine's 25 Most Eligible Bachelors in 2004.He was placed No.33 on channel 4’s list of all time worst Britons. He is famous for he quotes such as, "That was terrible, I mean just awful" And "My advice would be if you want to pursue a career in the music business, don't." "Did you really believe you could become the American Idol? Well, then, you're deaf." He often compares contestants to karaoke bar singers. Although he is brutal to many contestants, he might just have a heart of gold. Cowell supports animal rights and has even appeared in a video for PETA, where he reminds people not to keep their animals in the hot car when they are out and about. He has been involved in charities for children as well. He has even invited them backstage to the screenings of the x factor. After the Idol gives Back segment went on air, a close source said Simon gave his paycheck to these children in poverty. In conclusion, Simon Cowell has been a tragedy turned into a success story. He changed his bad luck in high school to a high paying job as a brutally honest judge on many shows. But is this the last we will see from him? He told a British magazine that when his contract with American idol was complete “that was it” he says” by the end of my contract the public will be sick of me.” Bibliography http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/04/08/simon-cowell-donates-pay

do you think that yahoo is anti-islamic racist?!!? please check this site http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=allah&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8 a picture with god name on a pig?!! what on earth is this picture supposed 2 mean/??! ISLAM’S ANSWER TO THE RACIAL PROBLEM BY A GERMAN DIPLOMAT THE HAJJ This annual pilgrimage, or Hajj as it is called in the Arabic language, is one of the five pillars, one of the five fundamental religious duties to be performed by Muslims. Without going further into the details of the conditions to be fulfilled in order to be able to proceed on this pilgrimage, or of the rites and rituals to be observed in its course, let me describe in a few words the most striking and unforgettable sight that will be present itself to your eye upon reaching the sacred territory: You will see a multitude of men, women and also children, close perhaps to two million, from every corner of the world, black and brown of complexion, Yellow and white, Arabs and Iranians, Turks and Malays, Chinese and Africans, black and white Americans, blond and blue-eyed Europeans- in short to quote one of our great Germanic Poets, Frederick Schiller : " Who knows the nations, who the names of all who here together came?" NO DISTINCTION And there is still more that fills us with wonder: Whether black or brown, yellow or white, rich or poor, young or old, every male that our eye beholds is dressed alike, wearing two white seamless sheets of simple material, thus eliminating completely all marks and signs of distinction of dress between the African and American, the Asian, Australian and European, the mighty and wealthy and the poor and lowly. Here they have come, brother unto brother, sister unto sister, bearing witness to the brotherhood of mankind, to the equality of all human beings before their creator, for it is to worship Him and to extol His glory that has brought them here. They have heard and heeded His call, and their reply uttered, nay cried out by all and sundry, echoing and re-echoing from the surrounding mountains is: "LABBAIK, ALLAHUMMA LABBAIK" HERE AM I, O ALLAH, HERE AM I, THERE IS NONE WHO IS THE PARTNER, ALL PRAISE AND BLESSING BELONG TO THEE ALONE, FOR THOU ART THE SOVEREIGN, AND THOU HAST NO PARTNER." The pilgrimage to Mecca, the huge assembly of believers from all five continents, the gathering together of the multitude of worshippers of all races on the plain of Arafat is perhaps the most spectacular expression, symbol and proof of unity and brotherhood of man as enunciated and upheld by the religion of Islam, and it is equally a symbol and proof of the equality of man before Allah, the Supreme Being, as taught by this religion. The concept and idea of the oneness of humanity is Islam's unique contribution to human civilization, and it came as a natural sequel to its cardinal doctrine, the doctrine of " TAUHID" or the unity of God. The doctrine which runs through all teachings of the Holly Quran like a red thread, has found its most concise and terse expression in the 112th chapter of the Holly book, called "AL-IKHLAS," or purity of Faith: "Say He is God, the One and Only; God the Eternal, Absolute; He begotten not, nor is He begotten; And there is None like unto Him." Holly Quran 112: 1-4 (Read these verses and the verses following in conjunction with their commentary by A. Yusuf Ali.) THE RABB He, Allah, the One and Only, is the author of all existence; He is our creator, to Him we belong and to Him is our return. And He is more than mere author and creator: He is also the "RABB" of his creation and His creatures: and "RABB" according to the great authority on the Holly Quran , Imam Raghib, in Arabic it signifies 'THE CHERISHER, SUSTAINER AND FOSTERER OF A THING IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO MAKE IT ATTAIN ONE CONDITION AFTER ANOTHE RUNTIL IT REACHES ITS GOAL OF COMPLETION AND PERFECTION." "Thus Allah being the "Rabb ul-Alamin," the "Rabb of the worlds," as He is called in the opening chapter, of the Holly Quran and of all of us, whom He created. "HE DEALS WITH ALL OF US ALIKE, NO MATTER TO WHICH RACE, NATION, TRIBE OR PARENTAGE WE MAY BELONG, for He created us all alike, as the Holly Quran further elucidates in numerous verses and words, such as: "AND MANKIND IS NAUGHT BUT A SINGLE NATION." Holy Quran 2:213 We are all the children of Adam, and Adam was made of dust. Here Dawned the idea for the first time in human history that all men have a common origin and that, because of their common origin, because we belong to Allah, all and sundry, to whom is our ultimate return, the whole of humanity is but one family, one nation and should, ideally, form one fraternity, the universal brotherhood of man. The differences of color and languages, of build and of features are not regarded as differences of quality, or as marks or degrees of excellence, but as an expression of the diversity in nature: Says the Holy Quran: "AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THIS,THAT HE CREATED YOU FROM DUST: AND THEN, BEHOLD, YE ARE MEN SCATTERED( FAR AND WIDE)" "AND AMONG HIS SIGNS IS THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND THE VARIATIONS AND DIVERSITY OF YOUR TONGUES AND OF YOUR COLOR; VERILY IN THAT ARE SIGNS FOR THOSE WHO KNOW." Holy Qur'an 30:22 Allama Yousuf Ali, commenting on this verse, remarks: "All mankind were created of a single pair of parents; yet they had spread to different climates and developed different languages and different shades of complexions. And yet, their basic unity remains unaltered. They feel in the same way, and are equally under God's care". Whatever a country in which a people lives, whatever the language they speak, whatever the color of their skin, they are recognized as one family, living under one roof- the canopy of heaven scattered, but of common origin: Says the Holy Qur'an: "O MANKIND! REVERENCE YOUR GURDIAN LORD, WHO CREATED YOU FROM A SINGLE PERSON, CREATED OF LIKE NATURE, HIS MATE, AND FROM THEM TWAIN SCATTERED (LIKE SEEDS) COUNTLESS MEN AND WOMAN." Holy Qur'an4:1 UNITY OF MANKIND There is one verse in the Holy Qur'an, however, which not only re-states the common origin of man, explains the division of humanity into nations, or race and tribes, tells us that the object and purpose of this division was also the ultimate unification of humanity, but goes a step further: It points out to us the one and only criterion, the only standard by which man is judged by god, and thus by which we should also judge our fellow-man. As you will presently see, THIS CRITERION IS NOT HIS COLOR, NOR HIS RACE, NOT HIS SOCIAL STANDING OR CASTE, NOT EVEN HIS SKILL AND THE DEGREE OF HIS INTELLIGENCE. It is something which to achieve lies within reach of every human being, black or brown, white or yellow, rich or poor, if only he made an effort to cultivate it within himself. Says the Holy Qur'an: "O MANKIND WE CREATED YOU FROM A SINGLE (PAIR) OF A MALE AND A FEMALE, AND MADE YOU INTO NATIONS AND TRIBES, THAT YE MAY KNOW EACH OTHER. VERILY THE MOST HONORED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS (HE WHO IS) THE MOST RIGHTIOUS OF YOU AND GOD HAS FULL KNOWLEDGE AND IS WELL AQUAINTED (WITH ALL THINGS)." Holy Qur'an 49:13 "The principle of the brotherhood of man laid down here", observe an author of an English translation of the Holy Qur'an, "is based on the broadest foundation. The address here is not the believers: but to men in general, who are told that they are all, as it were, members of one family, and their divisions into nations, races, tribes and families should not lead to estrangement from, but to a better knowledge of each other. Superiority of one over another in this vast brotherhood does not depend on race, nationality, wealth or rank but on righteousness, on the careful observance of duty towards God and fellow-man, on moral greatness", to which I maybe permitted to add: and on the strength of one's "IMAN", of faith in the one and only God because it is through faith and through submission unto the will of God only through which we can attain to moral greatness. This verse of the Holy Qur'an is the answer of Islam to racism, an answer which, as far as the Muslim community is concerned, did not remain a pious exhortation but sounded the death knell of racial discrimination in the world of Islam as borne out not only by the example set by the Prophet Mohammed (P.B.O.H.); but also subsequent events in the history of all Muslim nations and by the general attitude of the Muslims until the present day. I am inclined by personal experiences gathered during travels in almost all Muslim countries in the course of the last 25 years, to insist that, in consequence of these teachings of Islam and their translation into practice by the Prophet (P.B.U.H.); such a complete change was brought in the minds and hearts of all who embraced Islam, in the minds and hearts of all Muslims that is, that to them racial differences present no problems at all, nay, that they are largely almost totally unaware of, and most certainly little disturbed or embarrassed by, such differences. A BEAUTIFUL PATTERN OF CONDUCT There are instances galore in the life of the Prophet Mohammed, upon whom be peace and blessings of God, which show us that, as is the case with regard to all injunctions of the Holy Qur'an, he was the perfect exemplar, the beautiful pattern of conduct also with regard to the application and actualization of the principle of the brotherhood of man in his own dealings with his followers as well as in his personal relations with adherents of other faiths. But we can only appreciate fully how formidable a task it was to establish this principle among his followers, if we look at the social conditions which prevailed in Arabia before the advent of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) .Let me in order to illustrate this point, quote from a book of a non-Muslim author, namely from "The social structure of Islam" by reuben levy: " The population of Arabia , outside of a few settled communities embedded in it, has throughout historical times been so constituted as to form a number of groups or tribes, very loosely held together either by loyalty to a particular leader or by the assumption of descent from a common ancestor, whether real or legendary. Within each of such groups or tribes, the independence of individual units- the tents or families- has always been taken as a matter of course, and the head of each unit has been regarded as being in status the equal of every other. In the heads of the families lies the power to elect the "SHAYKH" or tribal chief, of whom in theory, no special qualification is required. In actual practice, however there is normally a strong prejudice in favor of choosing the "SHAYKH" from amongst the number of particular families. At the time of the rise of Mohammed such families held a position of great influence within the community, so that in any claim to authority the factor of birth was considered of a paramount importance. Noble ancestry was the supreme test of nobility, and no person whose genealogy was not entirely free of hereditary taint for example ancestors of servile or Negro origin could be regarded as conforming to the requisite standard. Such person were relegated to the humbler ranks of society and were thus compelled to undertake careers that inevitably marked them as inferior beings ... In the same way that the old nobility resisted the assumption of equality by other Arabs, so the inhabitants of Arabia as a whole refused to consider foreigners as being their peers." The Arabs regarded themselves as a superior race. And as regards the Negroes they did not recognize them except as slaves. It is to this situation to which the Holy Qur'an refers in the following verse: "AND HOLD FAST ALL TOGETHER , BY THE ROPE WHICH GOD (STRETCHES OUT FOR YOU), AND BE NOT DIVIDED AMONG YOURSELVES; AND REMEMBER WITH GRATITUDE GOD'S FAVOURON YOU; FOR YE WERE ENEMIES, AND HE JOINED YOUR HEARTS IN LOVE, SO THAT BY HIS GRACEYE BECAME BRETHREN; AND YE WERE ON THE BRINK OF THE PIT OF FIRE, AND HE SAVED YOU FROM IT. THUS DOTH GOD MAKE HIS SIGNS CLEAR TO YOU: THAT YE MAY BE GUIDED." Holy Qur'an 3:103 Among the measures introduced by the Prophet of Islam to level the differences of rank and of race among his steadily growing community perhaps prayer ought to be mentioned in particular. Five times a day the Muslims meet together for prayer. Among the first Muslims were members of the noblest Arab families as well as a good number of Negro slaves. At prayers they all stood shoulder to shoulder before the Almighty, and when, in the further course of prayer, they prostrated before their Lord, it might well have been that the head of a noble Arab praying in a row behind a Negro slave rested at the latter's feet. In prayer and in the company of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) no differences of status was recognized between the two. UNITY IN PRAYER From standing side by side in the ranks of prayer, the next step was a mere corollary; they mingled freely on terms of perfect equality on all other occasions. Service to God was thus the door through which the fraternization of humanity was effected... The negro slaves and the noble Arab were made to meet together on terms of equality in prayer and in religious gatherings. It was thus impressed on their minds, that they were all equal before God, and life once molded on these lines led to the natural consequence that the negro slaves and the Arab nobility enjoyed equal status in society. In the first Muslim community a negro slave, Bilal, was chosen by the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) himself to deliver the "ADHAN", the call to prayer, while the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) himself was the "IMAM" or leader of congregation. Thus, of the two office-bearers of the Mosque, the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) himself of noble blood and birth, was one, the other being Bilal, a negro. In his famous oration, which he delivered on the occasion of his "Farewell Pilgrimage", his last pilgrimage before he closed his eyes forever, the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) re-affirmed re-stated the principle of equality and brotherhood of man in Islam, thus bequeathing it as a sacred legacy to generation after generation of Muslims after him until the present day. Let me quote from the oration: "YE PEOPLE! LISTEN TO MY WORDS, FOR I KNOW NOT WHTHER ANOTHER YEAR WILL BE VOUCH SAFED TO ME AFTER THIS YEAR TO FIND MYSELF AMONGST YOU AT THIS PLACE." "YOUR LIVES AND PROPERTY ARE SACRED AND INVIOLABLE AMONGST ONE ANOTHER UNTIL YE APPEAR BEFORE THE LORD... AND REMEMBER, YE SHALL HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE YOUR LORD WHO SHALL DEMAND FROM YOU AN ACCOUNT OF ALL YOUR ACTIONS... YE PEOPLE, YE HAVE RIGHTS OVER YOUR WIVES, AND YOUR WIVES HAVE RIGHTS OVER YOU. TREAT THEM WITH KINDNESS AND LOVE... KEEP ALWAYS FAITHFULL TO THE TRUST REPOSED IN YOU." "YE PEOPLE LISTEN TO MY WORDSAND UNDERSTAND THEM. KNOE YE THAT ALL MUSLIMS ARE BROTHERS UNTO ONE ANOTHER. YE ARE ONE BROTHERHOOD." "ALL MEN ARE EQUAL IN ISLAM. THE ARAB HAS NO SUPERIORITY OVER THE NON-ARAB,NOR DOES THE NON-ARAB HAVE SUPERIORITY OVER THE ARAB, SAVE IN THE FEAR OF GOD." That the Prophet's bequest was heeded and the example set by him was followed by subsequent generations of Muslims through out the ages and history. It is impossible for me within the limits of the time allotted to me for this talk to render a detailed, much less a comprehensive account of all such facts and incidents which afford proof of my assertion. I can only quote some of them, and I maybe permitted to do so at random: One of the acid tests of unrestrained and unrestnoted inter-racial relations are inter-racial marriages. That such marriages were never frowned upon by Muslims in borne out by the fact that many a Ruler of the Umayad and Abasside as well as of later dynasties, had Turkish, Greek or even Negro mothers. On the other hand, social rank or high office did not bestow upon the bearer special privileges before the law and certainly did not entitle him to ill-treat a brother Muslim with impunity. The following incident which is reported to have occurred during the reign of Omar, the second Caliph after the death of the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) is an example of absolute equality of all men in Islam. EQUALITY BEFORE LAW Jabbala, king of the Ghassanides, having embraced Islam, set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca. While performing the circumambulation of the Ka'aba, a humble pilgrim engaged in the same sacred duties, accidentally dropped a piece of his pilgrim's dress over the royal shoulders. Jabbala turned round furiously and struck him a blow. The poor man went to the caliph and prayed for justice. Omar sent for Jabbala and asked him why he has so ill-treated a brother Muslim. He answered that the man had insulted him, and had it not been for the sanctity of the place, he would have killed him on the spot. Omar replied that his words added to the gravity of his offense, and that, unless he obtained the pardon of the injured man he would have to submit to the penalty of the law. When Jabbala refused to do as he was bidden because- as he returned- he was a king and the other only a common man, Omar replied " king or no king, both of you are Muslims and both of you are equal in the eye of law." But perhaps one of the most instructive examples of the policy of Islam towards different races is furnished by Spain. Permit me to quote from Syed Amir Ali's fundamental work "The spirit of Islam": "Immediately by their arrival on the soll of Spain, the Muslims or Saracens publish an edict assuring to the subject races, without any difference, the most ample liberty. Suevl, Goth, Vandal, Roman and Jew, were all placed on an equal footing. Their woman were invited to intermarry with the conquerors. ...THE FIDELITY OF THE ARABS IN MAINTAINING THEIR PROMISES, THE EQUAL-HEADED JUSTICE WHICH THEY ADMINISTERED TO ALLRACES AND CLASSES, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF ANY KIND, SECURED THEM THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE... The Jews profited most by the change of government ", and when many centuries later Spain was re- conquered by ferdinand and Isabelle, innumerable Jews left the country for Muslims lands, preferring a life in their home-country under the new rulers of whose racial and religious tolerance they were not convinced. RELIGIOUS OF TOLERANCE And this is another aspect of the principle of the brotherhood of mankind as envisaged and enunciated by Islam: namely religious tolerance. The essence of the attitude of Islam towards adherents of other faiths is to be found in the charter which was granted to the Jews by the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) after his arrival in Madina, and in the massage which he sent to the Christians of Najran, a town in Southern Arabia, then largely inhabited by Christians, after Islam had fully established itself in the Arab Peninsula. "IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE GOD," says this first charter of freedom of conscience, "GIVEN BY MOHAMMED, THE PROPHET(P.B.U.H.), TO THE BELIEVERS, WHETHER OF THE QURESH OR OF YATHRIB(AS MADINA WAS THEN CALLED) -AND TO ALL INDIVIDUALS, OF WHATEVER ORIGIN, WHO HAVE MADE COMMON CAUSE WITH THEM: ALL THESE SHALLCONSTITUDE ONE NATION... THE JEWS WHO ATTACH THEMSELVES TO OUR COMMONWEALTH SHALL BE PROTECTED FROM ALL INSULTS AND VEXATIONS:THEY SHALL HAVE AN EQUAL RIGHT. WITH OUR PEOPLE TO OUR ASSISTANCE AND GOOD OFFICES. THE JEWS OF THE VARIOUS BRANCHES-(and here follows the names of the various Jewish tribes of Medina and the surrounding territories)- AND ALL OTHER SDOMICILED IN YATHRIB, SHALL FORM WITH THE MUSLIMS ONE COMPOSITE NATION; THEY SHALL PRACTICE THEIR RELIGION AS FREELY AS THE MUSLIMS;THE CLIENTS- MENING THE PROTECTED, AND THE ALLIES OF THE JEWS SHALL ENJOY THE SAME SECURITY AND FREEDOM." This was a paraphrase of the charter granted by the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) to the Jews after he had arrived in Yathrib, a town which because of him became known as MEDINAT-UN-NABI -THE CITY OF THE PROPHET, or in short Madina, while the massage to the Christians of Najran , sent to them almost at the end of the Prophet's mission, runs as follows: MASSAGE TO CHRISTIANS "TO THE CHRISTIANS OF NAJRAN AND THE NEIGHBOURING TERRITORIES,THE SECURITY OF GOD AND THE PLEDGE OF HIS PROPHET ARE EXTENDED FOR THEIR LIVES, THEIR RELIGION AND THEIR PROPERTY- TO THE PRESENT AS WELL AS THE ABSENT AND OTHERS BESIDES; THERE SHALL BE NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE PRACTICE OF THEIR FAITH OR THEIR OBSERVANCES; NOR ANY CHANGE IN THEIR RIGHTS OR PRIVILEDGES; NO BISHOP SHALL BE REMOVED FROM HIS BISHORPIC NOR ANY MONK FROM HIS MONASTERY, NOR ANY PRIEST FROMHIS PRIESTHOOD, AND THEY SHALL CONTINUE TO ENJOY EVERYTHING GREAT AND SMALL AS HERETOFORE; NO IMAGE OR CROSS SHALL BE DESTROYED; THEYSHALL NOT OPPRESS OR BE OPPRESSED; THEY SHALL NOT PRACTICE THE RIGHTS OF BLOOD VENGEANCE AS IN THE DAYS OF IGNORANCE- (the era before the advent of Islam)-; NO TITLE SHALL BELEVIED FROM THEM NOR SHALL THEY BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH PROVISIONS FOR THE TROOPS." "This document," observes Sayed Amir Ali in his book quoted before " has furnished the guiding principle to all Muslim rulers in their mode of dealing with their non-Muslim subjects, and if they have departed from it in any instance the cause is to be found in the character of the particular king. If we separate the political necessity which has often spoken and acted in the name of religion, no faith is more tolerant than Islam to the followers of other creeds. "Reasons of State" may have led a sovereign here and there to display a certain degree of intolerance, or to insist upon a certain uniformity of faith; BUT THE SYSTEM ITSELF HAS EVER MAINTAINED THE MOST COMPLETE TOLERANCE. Christians and Jews, as a rule, have never been molested in the exercise of their religion, or force to change their faith. If they are required to pay a special tax, it is in lieu of military service, and it is but right that those who enjoy the protection of the State should also contribute in some shape to the public burdens. Towards the idolaters there was greater strictness in theory, but in practice the law was equally liberal. If at any time they were treated with harshness, the cause is to be found in the passions of the ruler of the population. The religious element was used only as pretext." If there have been instances of religious intolerance in the history of the Muslims nations, these instances- and that should be very clearly understood- did not happen because of Islam but in spite of Islam and they only betray back of knowledge of the teachings of Islam, and of understanding of the spirit and principles of that religion. You might like to interpose here that the idea of racial equality and of the brotherhood of mankind is not the exclusive property of Islam, nay that these ideas have been proclaimed by different individuals and ideologies in different places of our globe and at different times. You might like to quote to me- as I did to you- from various sacred and profane works of the most dissimilar authors, and you will certainly insist that in the west- in Europe and America- this idea has been accepted and adopted as a principle or policy, of organized society, since the 18th century at the latest when the Age of Enlightenment had dawned and the French Revolution had sounded the clarion call of "Liberate, Egalite, Fraternite!" EQUALITY IN ACTION I certainly can not and shall not claim that the idea of racial equality and of human brotherhood is the invention of Islam and has only been proclaimed by that religion and by nobody else. BUT I CLAIM AND INSIST THAT ONLY IN AND AMONG THROUGH ISLAM HAS THIS IDEA EVER BEEN REALIZED IN ACTION OVER CENTURIES AND AMONG THE MOST DIFFERENT AND DISSIMILAR NATIONS AND RACES. In spite of the lofty ideals of enlightenment and of the French Revolution the West did not and has still not solved the racial problem, nor has the West been able until today to establish racial equality everywhere in its hemisphere. It is barely thirty years ago racism raised to the position of State Philosophy- the most brutal and barbaric racism that can be imagined- the one I referred to at the very beginning of my talk, was crushed in my own country. Racism in the shape of "Apartheid" is still allowed to raise its ugly head in South Africa, and racism is certainly not eradicated in the United States in spite of the abolition of slavery that took place some time ago and in spite of legislation introduced after the Second World War, aiming at the leveling of differences between the various racial groups and at the doing away with racial discrimination. In the Socialist World, Marxism Leninism or Communism has introduced its own brand and type of racism - namely what I maybe permitted to call "IDEOLOGICAL RACISM" WHICH IS AS HATEFUL AND ABHORRENT AS BIOLOGICAL RACISM. So, wherever we look we find that neither the ideals of Age of Enlightenment and of the French Revolution, nor the UN charter of Human Rights, the latest exercise in bringing about racial equality and in abolishing racial discrimination have been able to achieve their goal, while Islam has most certainly done so. I maybe forgiven if at this place I narrate some of my own personal experiences as a Muslim: I mentioned before as in the course of the last 25 years or so I have visited almost every Muslim country and I have been posted for longer or shorter periods in about half a dozen of them. Wherever I went I was immediately accepted by the local Muslims as one of theirs, and my religious affiliation proved to have an incomparably stronger and deeper effect on them than my nationality or the color of my skin. As a matter of fact the latter were of absolutely no consequence at all in their attitude towards me. And when I married to a young Muslim lady from Pakistan, more than 22 years ago, it did not create the slightest embarrassment to the family of my wife nor to us, the young couple. The marriage was accepted with the same naturalness as any marriage of two Pakistanis, and no one of my Muslim relative or friends ever considered or treated our children as half-caste in the ugly meaning of that word, nor were my children ever made to feel any different from full-blooded Pakistani, or full-blooded German children. They, who grew up among Muslims never knew of racial differences between men until- yes, until in the wake of one of our numerous transfers from one post to another we perforce had to make a brief sojourn in South Africa. There they saw for the first time in their life those ugly signs "For Whites Only" And it was there that they were made to realize that in a country where racism reigns, Ahmed can not play football in the street with John, and Leila cannot just drop in at Linda's to admire her new doll. And what a shock they got when they saw that their father and their mother, in order to do such a simple transaction as to buy postage stamps, had to enter the post office through different doors. - But then they stood in front of a beautiful church, and their perturbed minds were set at rest when,- for it was Christmas time - they read the invitation written in bold letters above the door: "ALL ARE WELCOME ," MUCH SMALLER LETTERS, ONCE AGAIN THE UGLY SIGN "FOR WHITES ONLY!" So even here, in the House of God, and during Christmas, the Festival of Joy and of Love, there was no bridge to cross the deep, deep gap between fellow human-beings who have everything else in common- except the color of their skin. THE SUCCESS OF ISLAM Why, then, has Islam succeeded where other systems and ideologies seem to have failed? What is the secret of its success, and in what way can the religion of Islam contribute to the solution of the racial problem under which millions and millions of our fellow human-beings are still reeling? In my humble opinion Islam has succeeded where other systems and ideologies have failed because of two decisive factors: NAMELY THE UNIVERSALITY OF ITS TEACHINGS AND THE DIVINE SANCTION ON WHICH THE ISLAMIC CONCEPT OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF MANKIND IS BASED. A Muslim believes that Islam is not only the last of the world's great religions but also an all-inclusive religion which contains within itself all religions which went before it. It is one of its most striking characteristics that is requires its followers to believe that all great religions of the world that preceded it have been revealed by God, and it is a fundamental principle of Islam that a Muslim must also believe in all prophets who were raised up before the Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H.). Prophets according to the express teachings of the Holy Qur'an were sent by God to all nations: Says the Holy Qur'an: "AND THERE IS NOT A NATION BUT A WARNER HAS GONE AMONG THEM." Holy Qur'an 13:7 But whereas all previous Prophets were sent with SPECIFIC MISSIONSTO THEIR OWN PEOPLE ONLY, Prophet Mohammed(P.B.U.H.) was SENT TO ALL NATIONS OF THE EARTH, as the Holy Qur'an teaches us: "O MANKIND! I AM THE APOSTLE THAT HATH COME TO YOU IN TRUTH FROM GOD: Holy Quran 4:170 and elsewhere: WE SENT THEE NOT BUT AS A MERCY FOR ALL NATIONS." Holy Qur'an 21:107 "There is no question now," say Allama Yusuf Ali in his commentary to this chosen verse, of race or nation, of a "CHOSEN PEOPLE" or "THE SEED OF ABRAHAM' or 'the seed of David' or of Hindu Arya-Varta, of Jew or Gentile, Arab or Ajam, Turk or Tajik, European or Asiatic, White or colored; Aryan, Semitic, Mongolian, or African; or American, Australian or Polynesian." The Prophet Muhammad(P.B.U.H.) was sent to them all- and that distinguishes him from all other Prophets, and that also distinguishes Islam from all other religions. The massage that was revealed to the Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H.) from On High was a massage addressed to all nations on earth, and the principles set forth in that message applied universally to the whole mankind. He was the last of the Prophets, and Islam, based on the revelation which the Prophet(P.B.U.H.) received is the final and perfect expression of the Divine will. Says the Holy Qur'an: "THIS DAY HAVE I PERFECTED YOUR RELIGION FOR YOU, COMPLETED MY FAVOUR UPON YOU, AND HAVE CHOSEN FOR YOU ISLAM AS YOUR RELIGION" Holy Qur'an 5:4 It is the self-same God, the Supreme Being, the Ultimate Cause, the One and Only, our Lord and Creator Who has also spoken to us, through the mouth of the Prophet Muhammed(P.B.U.H.), the words which I have already quoted earlier and which I should like to call back into our memory: "AND MANKIND IS NAUGHT BUT A SINGLE NATION." Holy Qur'an 2:213 "VERILY, O MANKIND, WE CRWEATED YOU FROM A SINGLE (PAIR) OF A MALE AND A FEMALE AND MADE YOU INTO NATIONS AND TRIBES, THAT YE MAY KNOW EACH OTHER, (NOT THAT YE MAY DESPISE EACH OTHER). VERILY THE MOST HONOURED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD IS HE WHO IS THE MOST RIGHTEOUS (AND GOD FEARING DUTIFUL) OF YOU." Holy Qur'an 49:13 In Islam and to every single one of its followers the equality of man and the brotherhood of mankind are not the figment of the human brain and mind. They are guiding principles decreed by God. Equality and Fraternity, as well as liberty, according to the teachings of Islam, are religious categories, and only where they are conceived as such can these lofty ideals become reality. There is no road to the unification of humanity, no road to a brotherhood of man which knows no boundaries of color, race, country, language and rank except through God, the Creator and "Rabb" of all that is in the heavens and on earth. Without absolute and unreserved faith in Him, and in the truth and universality of His revelation- without the will to serve Him, which is the purpose of our creation, and to follow His commandments and guidance this goal can never be achieved as history tells us. ABSOLUTE VALUES Only God, the Absolute, has established absolute values by which we can access our and our fellow- "VERILY, THE MOST HONOURED OF YOU IN THE SIGHT OF GOD, O MEN, IS HE WHO IS THE MOST RIGHTIOUS, THE MOST GOD-FEARING, OF YOU." Holy Qur'an 49:13 This is the yard stick by which in Islam man is measured, and not his race, caste, or rank. Peace and mutual trust among individuals and nations alike can only be brought about if we base our inter-human relations on the recognition of, and strict adherence to, ABSOLUTE VALUES. Materialism, humanity's ideal in modern times, lacks all prerequisites because its VALUE CONCEPTS HCANGE FROM TIME TO TIME AND FROM PLACE TO PLACE. Islam is the only force which provides man with the spiritual and ,oral foundation on which lasting peace and mutual trust and respect among the nations of the world can be built. Islam is, first and foremost, an international religion, and it is before the grand international ideal of Islam, the ideal of equality of all races and of the unity of the human kind, an ideal founded on the belief in the Oneness of God, that the curse of racism and narrow minded nationalism, which have been and still are responsible for many of the troubles of the ancient and the modern world, can be swept away. The Muslim community, past and present, has not only established true and lasting brotherhood among its members, a brotherhood that encompasses everyone who belongs to it, irrespective of racial or social differences, it has also shown us by its example the road to this goal. THE STARTING POINT IS FAITH, UNQUESTIONING FAITH IN GOD, THE "RABB" OF THE WORLD. From there it leads us to submission unto His will-the stage at which we willingly and cheerfully obey His commandments and actualize the principles laid down by Him for our actions and conduct- until we reach the stage of supererogatory service to God and men. The road leads us, to use Arabic terms, from IMAN, FAITH to ISLAM, SUBMISSION and ULTIMATLY to IHSAN. And this the road we have to tread if we want to bring about mutual respect and trust among men, the road to the abolition of all racial and social discriminations, the road to the unification of mankind, to the universal brotherhood to which the assembly of Muslims of all races and from every nook and corner of the world at Mecca during the day of Hajj of pilgrimage bears witness. But this assembly also shows us that our unity lies in God, and God only. May we be inspired by their faith and example; may we follow their road, A'ameen! (This is a paper read at the international Islamic Conference in London on April4th by brother Muhammad Amen Hobohm, who is a diplomat now in the West German embassy in Sri Lanka).

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