#mecca

Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's stead. And that is what helped put me back on track. ↗

— Betty Shabazz

#doctors #go #harvard #helped #husband

In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted to carry weapons, to swat an insect or speak an angry word, a discipline that introduced them to a new way of living. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#any #carry #city #discipline #forbidden

The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#central #essential #faith #five #islam

So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#english #english school #forget #going #i

What is going on in America is extreme. The youth cult, they worship youth so much it's almost paranoid. And LA is the Mecca of it all; they're taking it to the hilt. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#america #cult #extreme #going #hilt

Hollywood is still the mecca for good or bad, but it isn't the beginning or end for filmmaking. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#beginning #end #filmmaking #good #hollywood

Look, Hollywood's a mecca, but it's not the final answer. You pick up a camera anyplace in the world, you can make a movie. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#anyplace #camera #final #final answer #hollywood

Detroit is right now a new Mecca for Hip Hop. ↗

— Obie Trice

#hip #hip hop #hop #mecca #new

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is. ↗