I've always wanted to be a Meryl Streep or a Natalie Portman. I want to do all kinds of different movies, to be a chameleon. I don't want to limit myself.
I want to be an activist professor.
Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion.
Saying that Islam is in heart, is similar to giving back the exam's paper completely white and saying : knowledge is in brain.
If you want to have a good life, never forget that you are going to die
Instead of looking outside of ourselves and counting potential enemies, fasting summons us to turn our glance inward, and to take the measure of our greatest challenge: the self, the ego, in our own eyes and as others see us.
The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.
There is no justice, there is no rational structure to it [life]. That is just the way it is, and each person figures out some way to cope with it.
Popular psychology is a mass of cant, of slush and of superstition worthy of the most flourishing days of the medicine man.
I go to the club just like a normal person. I might go to the studio, but I go everywhere like a normal person would.
Two forms of fat that are vitally important for brain health are cholesterol and saturated fat.