Mahmoud Darwish Quotes
Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.
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Whenever I say that America has become an empire, someone is sure to say I'm being ridiculous.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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Jewish existence in the Land of Israel depends only on the Jews, and on what the Jews think of themselves.
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A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
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It's one thing if you write a song and somebody else sings it because you give the OK. But if your voice is on something and you don't get the credit, it's kind of hard.
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'Obvious' is the most dangerous word in mathematics.
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I feel like I've cheated. I never knew what to do. I was never a good enough painter to earn a living, and so I drifted into the theatre, and I've had a successful life. I feel guilty that I've never done a day's work in my life!
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I luckily had a very charming, lovable mom who I think everybody could see bits and pieces of their mom in.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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So yeah, I am definitely a blues man at heart.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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Our vision and commitment is towards the country's progress, its place in the world and the happiness of its people.
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I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious.
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Cows are gentle, interesting animals.
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I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?
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A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.
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I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.
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Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots.
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I myself am mixed race - my mother is Korean, and my father is an American Jew - so I've always felt other.
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The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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Exile is more than a geographical concept. You can be an exile in your homeland, in your own house, in a room.
