Manil Suri quotes
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“God knows nothing gets accomplished in the world these days without terrorism.”
-- Manil SuriSource : Manil Suri (2014). “The City of Devi”, p.162, A&C Black
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“To think I need a gun to protect against those who'd kill me for being Muslim ... It's too bad they don't know about my true religion of noodling - a reason to get their nuts in a snit.”
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“They used Akbar's principles to formulate a version of Islam that could peacefully co-exist with other religions (or so they claimed). An Emperor's Bequest to Islam, their joint 1,300-page doorstopper, spent twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list in hardcover alone. The fact that they remained practicing Muslims (albeit the liberal, wine-guzzling kind) put their message in high international demand.”
-- Manil Suri
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“Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.”
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“The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable.”
Source : "Fujimori breaks silence and urges release of hostages". www.cnn.com. December 22, 1996.
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“As long as you persecute people, you will actually throw up terrorism.”
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“I've always maintained terrorism passes through Pakistan, it doesn't evolve in Pakistan.”
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