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“I don’t run for trains.” Snub your destiny. I have taught myself to resist running to keep on schedule. This may seem a very small piece of advice, but it registered. In refusing to run to catch trains, I have felt the true value of elegance and aesthetics in behavior, a sense of being in control of my time, my schedule, and my life. Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking. You stand above the rat race and the pecking order, not outside of it, if you do so by choice.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“You can afford to be compassionate, lax, and courteous if, once in a while, when it is least expected of you, but completely justified, you sue someone, or savage an enemy, just to show that you can walk the walk.”
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
― The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
“لقد كنتُ قبلَ اليومَ أنكرُ صاحبي إذا لم يكن ديني إلى دينهِ داني
لقد صارَ قلبي قابلاً كل صـورةٍ فمرعى لغزلان وديرٌ لرهبانِ
وبيتٌ لأوثان وكعبةُ طائـــفٍ وألواحُ توراة ومصحفُ قرآنِ
أَدينُ بدين الحبِّ أنّى توجهــتْ ركائبه فالحبُّ ديني وإيماني”
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لقد صارَ قلبي قابلاً كل صـورةٍ فمرعى لغزلان وديرٌ لرهبانِ
وبيتٌ لأوثان وكعبةُ طائـــفٍ وألواحُ توراة ومصحفُ قرآنِ
أَدينُ بدين الحبِّ أنّى توجهــتْ ركائبه فالحبُّ ديني وإيماني”
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“You own your body. You own your body. You own your body. Your center and your edges are yours and yours alone. In this world – this world of rape culture of ingrained misogyny and violence done against girls and women – you will encounter and absorb messages your entire life that place you on trial for the crime of existing as female in this world. That will question your right to wear or speak or move through the world in the way that you do. That will seek to harm you in ways large and small. As a woman, you will hold stories that sometimes feel too painful to hold. As your mother, that brings me to my knees. I grant you the strength to know that this too, you will survive. I promise you I will protect you with every ounce of life in my body. And where I cannot protect you from this world, I will love you inside of it – fierce and holy and precious beyond all knowing.”
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