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"I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry."
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"It is part of my faith as a Muslim to try to help those who are suffering from poverty or economic or political injustice."
Faith
"There was no division I could see between the essential teaching of all Prophets and wise men of religion."
Men
"I always knew looking back on my tears would bring me laughter, but I never knew looking back on my laughter would make me cry."
Laughter
"The spiritual quest was always the predominant aspect of my life. It's always been there. But there's also an incredible passion connected to it; it's not just a dry investigative process. I have been extremely emotional about it, and that comes out in the songs."
Life
"Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities."
Muslim
"It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood."
Life
"Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music satisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony."
Love
"This is the beauty of the Qur'an: it asks you to reflect and reason, and not to worship the sun or moon but the One who has created everything. The Qur'an asks man to reflect upon the sun and moon and God's creation in general."
Beauty
"There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again."
People
"Because I don't play guitar any more, African harmonies and rhythms have been an inspiration to me. I love the raw origin of the sound. It complements my voice and words naturally."
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"When you laugh, you are no longer a mind, but a heart."
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"Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter."
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"Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity."
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Personal Development
"It is better to write of laughter than of tears, for laughter is the property of man."
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"The tongue is the best masseur of furrowed brows."
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Personal Development
"Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter."
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Personal Development
"If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward."
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"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all."
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"Don't take life too seriously - learn to laugh at yourself."
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"I have always liked shows that have laughter in them."
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Personal Development
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