Yasmina Khadra Quotes
It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land of the Pashtuns, where desertification proceeds at a steady, implacable crawl even in the consciences and intellects of men.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
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My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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Kids are very cruel to each other.
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I've been working straight since 2003, so I might just want to take an improv or theater class. That excites me. I can't wait to do different characters - not necessarily the leading chick who gets the guy, but the weird, freaky cousin.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes.
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And when you start using a lot of psychedelics, and particularly a lot of the natural psychedelics, my experience has been that I come in contact with some very old entities. And these entities have been around for a while, at least since humans first started experimenting with these plants.
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Men endured so much for war, but for peace they dared nothing.
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Hold on to the great image, and the whole world follows, follows unharmed, content and completely at peace.
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Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.
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It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land of the Pashtuns, where desertification proceeds at a steady, implacable crawl even in the consciences and intellects of men.
