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“There are a number of places on marine charts where even the most weathered sailors point and say, "Right there, nothing can go wrong. Everything has to go right." One place is the turbulent passage south of Cape Horn. Another is the dead center of the Indian Ocean.”
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“Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.”
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“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”
Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
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“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.”
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“I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.”
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“There is no America without labor, and to fleece the one is to rob the other.”
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“When America is chasing you, the whole world is chasing you.”
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“You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good? The Mohammedan religion [Islam] too would have been more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?”
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“Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.”
Source : "Islam Is a Faith of Reason". Interview with Stefan Aust and Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. October 12, 2006. 
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“We have not ceased to insist that an Islam of tolerance is advantageous to all Muslims, for the Afghans and the whole world and we will always defend it.”
