Mukhtar Ma'i quotes

“Violence against women can end only when the culprits get punished.”
-- Mukhtar Ma'i

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“I am fighting a fight against oppression where the poor and women are being violated”
-- Mukhtar Ma'i

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“First there was just my home. Now I have to deal with the whole world.”
-- Mukhtar Ma'i

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“After decimating several vegetables, I decide juicing is my favorite form of food preparation. There's something perversely appealing about subjecting an innocent plant to that much violence.”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2012). “Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection”, p.226, Simon and Schuster

“I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.”

“Obama repeatedly has condemned Hamas as a terrorist organization that should be isolated until it renounces violence and recognizes Israel.”

“But, I don't know, the violence, I can't even talk about. We don't do a lot of violent shows. When I started in television, breaking a pencil was a violent act.”

“I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm not an idiot.”

“Violence is never the right answer, unless used against heathens and monsters.”

“Music is only a means to an end - it is not the end. The concern is with the condition of man”

“You throw a perfectly straight line at the audience and then, right at the end, you curve it. Good jokes do that.”

“You see, Hansel and Gretel don’t just show up at the end of this story. They show up. And then they get their heads cut off. Just thought you’d like to know.”

Source : Adam Gidwitz (2012). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.143, Penguin

“Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.”