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The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.

Alone Army Believing Control
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The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.

Book Conception Does Experience
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The challenge is to lend conviction even to the voices which advocate views I find personally abhorrent, whether they are political Islamists or officers justifying a coup.

Abhorrent Advocate Challenge Conviction
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.

Because Being Feeling Flourish
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.

Always Imitation Opponents Poor
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Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.

Being Defend Dignity Europe
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.

About Familiar First Form
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Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Common Extraordinary Great Make
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The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

Alone Chance Environment Golden
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The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

Given Greatest Make Man
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.

Analyzing Career Got Ingredient
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All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

Accomplished Aim Fixed Gaze
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We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

Become Control Destiny Fail
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You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

Cannot Did Failures Get
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Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen.

Deeper Grow Happen How
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I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.

Breakfast French Ordered Restaurant
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It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it.

Paint Small Want World
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If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen?

Light Spaceship Speed Traveling
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A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Many Memories Past Think
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I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it's like a circus in my head.

Casual Circus Guy Head
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I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.

Arms Heads Museums Other
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On the other hand, you have different fingers.

Different Fingers Hand
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I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.

About Dictionary Everything Poem
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I like to reminisce with people I don't know

People Know Reminisce
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I bought some batteries, but they weren't included.

Batteries Bought Included Some
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I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

Almost Back Coffee Instant
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When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction

Body Die Fiction Leaving
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I have an existential map. It has 'You are here' written all over it.

Existential Here Map Over
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George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.

Announcer Bridge George Hear
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I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.

Behind Brake Car Gas
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I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving.

Headlights Lights Like Looks
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I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.

Car Dizzy Driving Got
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I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.

Car Home Leave Machine
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When I was a kid, I went to the store and asked the guy, Do you have any toy train schedules?

Kid Store Toy Train
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When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.

Box Child Eventually Had
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I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography.

Autobiography Writing
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I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

Books Children Few Purpose
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In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be an odd number.

Argument Considered Got Long
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I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five.

Busted Five Get Got
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I went to a general store but they wouldn't let me buy anything specific.

Anything Buy General Me
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I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.

Car Clown Died Funeral
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I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!

Above Apartment Furious Live
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Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.

Country Cross Great Live
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I got a chain letter by fax. It's very simple. You just fax a dollar bill to everybody on the list.

Chain Dollar Everybody Fax
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The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing.

Alaska Got Missing Moved
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A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

Afraid Heights Lot Me
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I met this wonderful girl at Macy's. She was buying clothes and I was putting Slinkies on the escalator.

Buying Clothes Escalator Girl
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I invented the cordless extension cord.

Cord Extension Invented
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My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.

Makes Meant Friend Noises
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How young can you die of old age?

Age Die How Old
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