Nuruddin Farah Quotes
It’s possible that some of us cannot help losing ourselves in the sorrows of other people’s stories.
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We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other - in balance with it... The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.
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It seems to me an indictment of the Republican Party that if you talk about issues of poverty and upward mobility, people assume you're a Democrat.
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McGregor is a businessman through and through. He's obviously a wrestling fan.
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
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We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
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You need to have time to really hear God.
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If I fall, I fall. I'll rise up like anybody else.
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One hundred thousand dollars was the bridge that enabled me to go on TV, not miss a beat or miss an opportunity, and raise then my own money to carry me forth. And that's how I got to be the first Democratic woman in the United States Senate's history.
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Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.
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I like to call someone a raving c**t every now and then, when it’s appropriate, for effect (...) ‘You cocksucker.’ I love that kind of language.
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The chorus-ending from Aristophanes, raised every night from every ditch that drains into the Mediterranean, hoarse and primeval as the raven's croak, is one of the grandest tunes to walk by. Or on a night in May, one can walk through the too rare Italian forests for an hour on end and never be out of hearing of the nightingale's song.
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Without education, confidence does not come.
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We cannot build the future by avenging the past.
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I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.
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Life is like eating artichokes; you have got to go through so much to get so little.
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If you are to succeed in anything, you must first be able to imagine it.
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Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them, and Champagne makes you do them.
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I write songs simply because I get a kick out of making them exist. I'm also sort of addicted to the recording studio, and making albums is my idea of fun.
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As far as commercials were concerned, I did very few, and I did them only when they gave me carte blanche to them the way that I wanted to. And I did them as an exercise, because I, who do very long films, never thought I would be able to tell a story in 30 or 40 seconds - you come across a whole new system and manner of approaching a subject.
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It’s possible that some of us cannot help losing ourselves in the sorrows of other people’s stories.
