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Ironically, the first thing that appealed to me about Islam was its pluralism. The fact that the Koran praises all the great prophets of the past.


Karen Armstrong

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HEATHER ARMSTRONG A picture of me as this super affable sales guy gets painted, but in actuality, I'm pretty drive...
TIM ARMSTRONG It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own wor...
KELLEY ARMSTRONG Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.
LANCE ARMSTRONG Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to be...
NEIL ARMSTRONG Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all ...
NEIL ARMSTRONG That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
NEIL ARMSTRONG It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut...
NEIL ARMSTRONG Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them.
LOUIS ARMSTRONG I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challe...
NEIL ARMSTRONG