Reconquest Quotes

#1. What made al Qaeda retrieve the doctrine of militant jihad, and Breivik the ideas of crusade and reconquest, is a sense of siege. So, we should help both Westerners and Muslims get rid of that sense by easing their political tensions and by fostering dialogue between them.

Mustafa Akyol

#2. The pursuit of origins is a way of rescuing territory from death and oblivion, a reconquest that ought to be patient, devoted, relentless and faithful.

Amin Maalouf

#3. Debt is a cleverly managed reconquest of Africa

Thomas Sankara

#4. When you bowl at him you are not just trying to get him out, you are trying to impress him. "I want him to walk off thinking 'that Flintoff, he's all right isn't he?" I feel privileged to have played against him.

Andrew Flintoff

#5. If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.

Robert Collier

#6. My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I'm not Olympic champion, but I can teach the world about that.

Jeremy Abbott

#7. How you live your life is a testimony of what you believe about God.

Henry Blackaby

#8. True independence is not a gift to be received. It can't be a hand-out to people. It must be an achievement by the people.

Y. C. James Yen

#9. We all know that Social Security is one of this country's greatest success stories in the 20th century.

Mitch McConnell

#10. I think something substantial will pass out of the House at some point during this term.

Justin Amash

#11. Nothing you can do can prevent your death. Nothing you can do can prevent your rebirth. To step beyond life and death is self-discovery.

Frederick Lenz

#12. Whether he be an original or a plagiarist, man is the novelist of himself.

Jose Ortega Y Gasset

#13. I'm tempted to do something back, but using magic against fairies is a tricky thing. It tends to be either Oh yay, it worked or Oh shit, I'm a llama. Their own magic throws everything off kilter, like a capricious breeze.

Heather R. Blair

#14. It was better for me when I was joined at the court by a second woman. When I was there alone, there was too much media focus on the one woman, and the minute we got another woman, that changed.

Sandra Day O'Connor

#15. But when you're dealt a shit hand, then you play that fucker for all you're worth.

Sydney Landon

#16. I'm not saying I needed my life to be a symphony - I just never thought it'd turn out to be a country song.

Brad Meltzer

#17. I like simple clothes, but sometimes I'll go for a goth-witch vibe.

Lorde