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• He acts without contact, instructs without meeting, guides without pointing. Desires do not conflict with Him, thoughts do not mingle with Him: His essence is without qualification (takyeef), His action without effort (takleef).

  Mansur Al-Hallaj

  Essence, Effort, Desire

  "Doctrine of Sufis". Book by Muhammed Al-Kalabadhi, translated by A.J. Arberry. Chapter 5, p. 16, 1977.

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• [on debates] Accomplished a bit more for Bush than for Gore only because there were more question marks for Bush. I think he established that he possesses at least the minimum qualifications for being president.

  Stuart Rothenberg

  Thinking, President, Mark

  "latimes.com: Candidates look to break out in waning days" by Maria L. La Ganga and Mark Z. Barabak, www.cnn.com. October 19, 2000.

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• Now there are three guys who directed "Twilight" films that had a gross of a gazillion dollars. All those "Hunger Games" guys, the "Divergent" guys. All those people. When they are looking for the next big director, they see they have a track record. So there's 20 people that spun off of "Twilight" that have more qualifications than any woman.

  Catherine Hardwicke

  Twilight, Games, People

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Your passion is your qualification. It's your leading qualification.

  Danielle LaPorte

  Passion

  "world-changing writing, creativity, and ‘tude: an interview". Interview with Kyeli Smith, www.daniellelaporte.com.

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• Having a person of Dr. Berthiaume's calibre leading Library and Archives Canada will be a solid asset to the organization. His extensive experience in the management of large cultural organizations and his strong leadership are important qualifications for this position.

  Shelly Glover

  Strong, Organization, Library

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• Best qualification for an aspiring journalist is curiosity.

  Rebecca Mead

  Curiosity, Journalist

  "Ask the Author Live: Rebecca Mead". Live chat, www.newyorker.com. May 28, 2010.

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• The only thing that is good without qualification is a good will.

  Immanuel Kant

  Good Will

  Immanuel Kant (2013). “Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”, p.5, Routledge

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• All men are, or ought to be free, possessing unalienable rights, and the high and noble qualifications of the laws of nature and of self-preservation, to think, and act, and say as they please, while they maintain a due respect to the rights and privileges of all other creatures, infringing upon none.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Men, Thinking, Law

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• The first ministers were the twelve disciples. There is no evidence that Jesus chose them because they are brighter or nicer than other people. Their sole qualification seems to have been their initial willingness to rise to their feet when Jesus said, "Follow me."

  Frederick Buechner

  Jesus, Feet, People

  Frederick Buechner (2009). “Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith”, p.259, Zondervan

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• Hating is a full time job with no benefits, only an acquired type can do it. I thank God I didnt meet the qualifications.

  Behdad Sami

  Jobs, Hate, Thank God

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• In America, Qualification is simply an attitude. I've adopted it. So, yes. I am qualified.

  Eugene Mirman

  Attitude, America, Adopted

  Eugene Mirman (2009). “The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• I remain an active volunteer in the field of at-risk youth, so I'm pretty familiar with the landscape as it stands now, but I don't have any qualifications or an exhaustive body of research to back up my observations.

  Janice Erlbaum

  Volunteer, Risk, Research

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I have met some highly intelligent believers, but history has no record to say that [s]he knew or understood the mind of god. Yet this is precisely the qualification which the godly must claim—so modestly and so humbly—to possess. It is time to withdraw our 'respect' from such fantastic claims, all of them aimed at the exertion of power over other humans in the real and material world.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Atheist, Real, Godly

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• The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.

  J. K. Rowling

  Mean, Adversity, Stronger

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• The primary qualification for a missionary is not love for souls, as we so often hear, but love for Christ.

  Vance Havner

  Soul, Missionary, Christ

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• No, nothing is sacred. And even if there were to be something called sacred, we mere primates wouldn't be able to decide which book or which idol or which city was the truly holy one. Thus, the only thing that should be upheld at all costs and without qualification is the right of free expression, because if that goes, then so do all other claims of right as well.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Book, Expression, Idols

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• Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win because every nominee wins Democratic primaries.

  Mark Penn

  Winning, Election, Democratic

  "Clinton camp begins 11th hour effort" by David Paul Kuhn, www.politico.com. February 16, 2008.

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• Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President.

  Walter Lippmann

  Men, People, Office

  N.Y. Herald Tribune, 8 Jan. 1932

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• Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.

  Alastair Campbell

  Happiness, Thinking, Down And

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• I didn't have any qualifications when I left school - I had three O-levels.

  Simon Cowell

  School, Three, Levels

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• I will watch a movie that is quote unquote dark and not get the qualification of what is dark and what is not.

  Will Ferrell

  Dark, Watches

  "Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly On Set Interview - STEP BROTHERS". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 29, 2008.

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• Without qualification, I am grateful to and have the highest regard and respect for all of the wonderful people on 'Two and Half Men' with whom I have worked and over the past ten years who have become an extension of my family.

  Angus T. Jones

  Grateful, Men, Past

  "'Two and a Half Men' star apologizes for offending cast and crew", www.cnn.com. November 29, 2012.

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• The Bush administration is the most diverse in history because the president fills jobs on the basis of a person's capabilities and qualifications, not on the color of his or her skin.

  Alphonso Jackson

  Jobs, Color, Skins

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• We need a movement that says in a highly competitive global economy all of our kids who have the ability, the qualifications and the desire, will be able to get a college education regardless of income because we will make public colleges and universities tuition free.

  Bernie Sanders

  Kids, College, Desire

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• Given her lack of experience, does anyone doubt that Ms. Miers's only qualification to be a Supreme Court justice is her close connection to the president? Would the president have ever picked her if she had not been his lawyer, his close confidante, and his adviser?

  Randy Barnett

  Justice, Doubt, President

  "BUSH DEFENDS MIERS FROM HIS OWN / THE SUPREME COURT IN TRANSITION / President's supporters rush to attack nominee as a crony lacking record and intellectual depth" by Carolyn Lochhead, www.sfgate.com. October 5, 2005.

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