Andrzej Stasiuk Quotes
It is the West’s provincialism, which leads it to perceive the rest of the continent as a failed copy of itself.
Andrzej Stasiuk
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I've planned book tours for myself, whether or not anybody wants to hear what I have to say. I've weighed in on things like what the cover looks like, what the copy looks like, how it's going to be promoted - just every aspect of it.
Adam Mansbach
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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion.
Taslima Nasrin
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The missile that downed the Malaysian plane, they say, is a Russian-made missile. But the weapons that are used in the barbarism in the barbaric act against the Palestinians were made by the West, and nobody is blaming them. Nobody talks about it; not even the U.N. Security Council can pass a resolution against Israel!
Yahya Jammeh
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My pleasure was to copy, not to create.
Manuel Puig
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Israeli governments cling to the two-state notion because it seems to reflect the sentiments of the Jewish Israeli majority, and it shields the country from international opprobrium even as it camouflages relentless efforts to expand Israel's territory into the West Bank.
Ian Lustick
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All they expected me to do was rip and read the wire 'leads,' without doing any original reporting. It was pretty basic, but gave me a taste of how to combine my love of politics and broadcasting.
Andrea Mitchell
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There is a virtuous fear, which is the effect of faith; and there is a vicious fear, which is the product of doubt. The former leads to hope, as relying on God, in whom we believe; the latter inclines to despair, as not relying on God, in whom we do not believe. Persons of the one character fear to lose God; persons of the other character fear to find Him.
Blaise Pascal
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So pleasure was this: breaking, mixing, no longer knowing what was mine and what was his.
Elena Ferrante
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I raised my sister. I was six when she was born. My mother had to make a living for herself and it was very hard, so I was looking after my sister, cooking and cleaning, and she had four jobs.
Natalia Vodianova
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I like soft candy. I'm not a fan of the hard stuff. I like that quick flavor boost!
Andre Dirrell
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It is the West’s provincialism, which leads it to perceive the rest of the continent as a failed copy of itself.
Andrzej Stasiuk
