The corpse is too gentle,
With a touch, so parental,
I dare not refuse,
With a lot to lose,
I miss the ruse,
The songs, the blues,
Rahim Haider
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Let your friends be the friends of your deliberate choice.
The man who has strong opinions and always says what he thinks is courageous - and friendless.
Friendship is love with understanding.
So few people think. When we find one who really does, we call him a genius
Your life can't go according to plan if you have no plan.
Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.
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If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts.
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The guilty catch themselves.
Good habits are formed; bad habits we fall into.
If happiness could be brought, few of us could pay the price.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
Hate pollutes the mind.
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
To feel "fit as a fiddle" you must tone down your middle.
Our health always seems much more valuable after we lose it.
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It is impossible to make wisdom hereditary.
Honesty is a question of right or wrong, not a matter of policy.
It is a pleasure to give advice, humiliating to need it, normal to ignore it.
It is almost impossible to smile on the outside without feeling better on the inside.
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Humor - the perfect relationship of the parts to the whole.
Our five senses are incomplete without the sixth - a sense of humor.
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Too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words.
Imagination is the pontoon bridge making way for the timid feet of reason.
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No punishment of the unrighteous has ever been too severe in the eyes of the righteous.
Why keep on enacting laws when we already have more than we can break.
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Advice is the only commodity on the market where the supply always exceeds the demand.
Successful men follow the same advice they prescribe for others.
You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea
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Age withers only the outside.
Where ambition ends happiness begins.
The best answer to answer to anger is silence.
The size of a man is measured by the size of the thing that makes him angry.
A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.
People who know the least always argue the most.
If you look for the positive things in life; you will find them.
What we are doing at the moment is more that just one thing added to the rest; it is a memoir.
Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes
The human mind must believe in something, so why not let it believe what it does believe.
He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his ignorance
It is better to live richly than to die rich.
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Many things are worse than defeat,and compromise with evil is one of them.
Desire for security keeps littleness little and threatens the great with smallness.
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A college education never hurt anybody who was willing to learn after he got it.
Shortchange your education now and you may be short of change the rest of your life.
Mistakes are a great educator when one is honest enough to admit them and willing to learn from them
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Enthusiasm is very good lubrication for the mind.
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The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Help the needy and secure your place in Heaven.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER To get what we need without getting into debt, is the real deal.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Netanyahu will deal with Jewish extremists with a "firm hand".
We do live in strange times.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Life really starts kicking after you find your true calling.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Don't buy what you don't need.
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SALAHUDDIN HAIDER The cause of the mishap appears to be mismanagement.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER A dose of adversity is necessary for man to know his true friends.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The fire in the belly lights up the path leading to success.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Armchair intellectuals are the biggest liability of a democracy.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Have confidence, will do.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Life is all about domination.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Bill providing for indefinite detention and torture of Americans passed. Future detainees could incl...
MUHAMMED HAIDER If you cannot take what you give, then you have no business to be in the super power business.
MUHAMMED HAIDER There's just too much money in the anti terror racket to be left on the table.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The American educational system keeps churning out as many irresponsible political leaders as in the...
MUHAMMED HAIDER Britain is a Christian country. Next, is it Catholic or Protestant?
MUHAMMED HAIDER Small minds cannot accommodate the big picture.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Is capitalism dead? Not yet.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Democracy legitimizes the illegal by the brute force of the majority.
MUHAMMED HAIDER When was the last time "the finest fighting force in the history of the world" won a war?
MUHAMMED HAIDER Life without a goal is like a journey without a destination.
MUHAMMED HAIDER One who forgives and forgets gets more out of life.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Money is man's best servant.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Money hates fools.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Two things that man cannot stop running after-women and money.
MUHAMMED HAIDER You cannot go wrong with hard work in the right direction.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The key to success is finding the balance between hard and smart working.
MUHAMMED HAIDER If only we made half as much effort to change ourselves as to change others, the world would be a be...
MUHAMMED HAIDER There was a time when journalism meant impartial reporting.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The fruit is seldom of a better quality than the seed.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Creativity does not flower in one's comfort zone.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Life without morals is like a car without brakes.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Lack of enthusiasm killed more careers than the lack of talent.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The cat knows best how to catch a rat.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Fear locks up talent.
MUHAMMED HAIDER A hearty laugh lightens the heart.
MUHAMMED HAIDER There is no greater wealth than health.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The more effort we put into our work, the less luck we would need to succeed.
MUHAMMED HAIDER A successful man is one who has mastery over money and women.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Taking action is the single most important step toward success.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Success depends upon doing.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Work for results.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Those who wait for luck to turn their fortunes around, have a long wait before them.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Good intentions will remain just that, unless we act on them.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The good terrorist works for my cause. The bad one works for his own.
MUHAMMED HAIDER If only dictators realized how easy it is to get away with murder in a democracy...
MUHAMMED HAIDER Modern democracy is the art of avoiding responsibility.
MUHAMMED HAIDER A Government that encourages its citizens to find livelihood abroad is not worth its salt.
MUHAMMED HAIDER A good name sells always for less than its true value.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The battering that you get from your adversities is meant to put you into shape.
MUHAMMED HAIDER A rat dies a hundred times a day.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The heart chooses the friends, the mind chooses the enemies.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The OWS movement may not end corporate greed, but hopefully discipline the corporate breed.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Money often gets the better of truth.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Diplomacy is all about salesmanship.
MUHAMMED HAIDER America borrows to repay what it had borrowed to repay.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Charity is the magic carpet that will take you to Heaven.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Learn from the past, apply it to the present, and enjoy the future.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Modern democracy: Government of the irresponsible, by the irresponsible, for the irresponsible.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Those who justify democracy at any cost have lost the plot.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The internet is all about getting noticed.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Dream, Think, Plan, Act, Enjoy.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Do not carry on, regardless. Check out where you might have gone wrong, and correct course.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Want to gain confidence? Start giving.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Democracy is the triumph of the perception of freedom over the reality of bondage.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Sorrow makes us appreciate happiness more.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Solutions to problems must be simple, not simplistic.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Wars are not won fair and square.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Lose your cool, lose your money.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Who's the better of the two? A dictator by conviction, or a democrat by compulsion?
MUHAMMED HAIDER So when are America and Nato going to bring democracy to North Korea and China?
MUHAMMED HAIDER There’s nothing wrong with making the right mistakes.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Peace is a pause between wars.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Never take life for granted. Do your bit.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Life and death are two sides of the same coin called destiny.
MUHAMMED HAIDER The end of the Iraq War: When the going gets tough, the tough get going-Home!
MUHAMMED HAIDER Anything free comes with a high cost.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Beware of the person that has no dislikes.
MUHAMMED HAIDER America ends war in Iraq. A shameful end to a shameful beginning.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Man’s appetite for violence is insatiable.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER The defeat of the strong minded is superior to the victory of the weak minded.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Talking opens up our mouths. Listening opens up our minds.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Entrapment is the main ingredient in anti terror operations.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER I'd be worried if I had no critics.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Who will change the system?
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Might is still right.
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May the wealthiest candidate win!
Have money, will elect!
S...
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Life is what you make of it.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, et al.
Could not prevent America's great fall!
MUHAMMED HAIDER Progress and humanism are uneasy companions.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Lofty speeches cannot fill empty stomachs.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Being smart is not the same as being right.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Once upon a time, I was innocent.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Everyone has got something to hide.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Leave a fool be.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER Blessed are those who are debt-free.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Let nothing override common sense.
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MUHAMMED HAIDER laugh can make your soul happy.
JALAL HAIDER your dressing can define your limits.
JALAL HAIDER Freedom is not a freebie.
MUHAMMED HAIDER UK vetoes EU Treaty: Once an Island, always an Island.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Tough times provide us with an opportunity to use more of our brain,that otherwise remains unused.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Loneliness gives you an insight into life that you cannot gain otherwise.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Tens of thousands of children sexually abused in Dutch Churches. The saga continues.
MUHAMMED HAIDER But for its misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, America could have avoided the debt crisis.
MUHAMMED HAIDER Muslims are more foolish than dangerous.
MUHAMMED HAIDER