Yasmina Khadra Quotes

Though there are things beyond our understanding, for the most part we are the architects of our own unhappiness.

Yasmina Khadra

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• Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Why
  • Society
  • Giving

• It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?

  

  Hanif Kureishi
  • Work
  • Real
  • Me

• In countries operating a largely capitalist system, there does not appear to be a wide understanding among its actors and overseers of either its advantages or its hazards.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • Understanding
  • System

• Europe, the U.S., and their allies can defeat the terrorists of Islamic State, or ISIS. The first step is making the decision to fight back. The next step is understanding that drones and standoff missiles will not be enough. Ground troops will be needed.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Understanding
  • Decision
  • Fight

• I guess 'Scarface' was the Cuban Al Pacino.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Guess
  • Cuban
  • al

• It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.

  

  Dan Pallotta
  • Believe
  • Love
  • True

• Overcoming the myth that there is such a thing as an objectively defined 'free market' is the first step towards understanding capitalism.

  

  Ha-Joon Chang
  • Free
  • Understanding
  • Step

• The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Life
  • Love
  • Kids

• Our understanding of the human brain can be dramatically accelerated if we collect and share research data on an exponentially wider scale.

  

  Tan Le
  • Understanding
  • Brain
  • Research

• Al Jazeera should understand the societies, should understand the culture of the civilisation, should understand the dynamics of the societies, should be part of this understanding; and on the other level, Al Jazeera should concentrate on the margin rather than the centre. It means that Al Jazeera should be close to the public.

  

  Wadah Khanfar
  • Culture
  • Understanding

• If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • You
  • Understanding
  • Fame

• Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Reality
  • Fear
  • Understanding

• Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Understanding
  • Anger

• I don't think you can understand Trump's relationship to his voters and how he gets away with what he gets away with, without understanding the pact between a lifestyle brand and its consumer base and how that really transformed the global economy in the 1990s.

  

  Naomi Klein
  • Think
  • Relationship
  • Understanding

• I like moral judgment to emerge from the reader. We are being sold a very simplistic morality by our leaders at a time when nuance and understanding are at a premium.

  

  Hari Kunzru
  • Time
  • Understanding
  • Moral

• We really should be grateful to the people who participate in research and allow certain details to be published about themselves. Because if they didn't, we wouldn't have nearly the understanding of the brain that we do.

  

  Sam Kean
  • People
  • Understanding
  • Brain

• Striking a balance between wildlife conservation and wind energy development starts with understanding threats to eagle populations and how our actions, including operating wind farms, are affecting them.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Energy
  • Understanding
  • Balance

• I wanted a real profession. And I'd always been interested in architecture and in design and in, really, what makes things work. And understanding what's kind of behind the walls and why things stand up and some things don't.

  

  S. J. Rozan
  • Up
  • Work
  • Real

• Instead of understanding the crisis facing the country and helping the country, the opposition wants to weaken the country by its deeds.

  

  Rajiv Gandhi
  • Country
  • Understanding

• If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small cadre of very bright, committed people who are questioning, exploring and understanding these emerging concepts.

  

  Dee Hock
  • People
  • Power
  • Small

• We believe that the Statue of Liberty is an important symbol of freedom for our country. And as film director Martin Scorcese, who is involved in the Statue’s latest fundraising campaign, said, what is most impressive is not just what the Statue of Liberty represents for Americans but really what it represents to the whole world.

  

  Kenneth Chenault
  • World
  • Believe
  • Important

• I'm just glad to see that Pete (Sampras) shut everyone up last year. That was satisfying. You can't bag on guys like Pete or Tiger (Woods) or Michael Jordan. They can play as long as they want, they can do whatever they want. Nobody should be able to tell them differently.

  

  Andy Roddick
  • Up
  • Long
  • Guy

• What is this thing between women, like men are a joke that women all told each other long ago but men never get it.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Men
  • Long
  • Women

• Though there are things beyond our understanding, for the most part we are the architects of our own unhappiness.

  

  Yasmina Khadra
  • Understanding