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“Since Khomeini's death, the popular appeal of an Islamic state - and of fundamentalism - has surely dimmed. Thinkers still debate and warriors kill, but no country seems prepared to emulate Iran. Perhaps revolutions happen only under majestic leaders, and no one like Khomeini has since appeared.”
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“Well, we're all going to die, so mortality is a part of writing and life.”
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“We had to restructure our military and our politics and so on. We're a new democracy. We're a nascent democracy.”
Source : Source: www.pbs.org
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“Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.”
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“Maybe they didn't want you to realize that every civilization has its weakness. There's always one thing we depend on. And if someone takes it away all that's left is some story in a history class.”
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“I'm weak cause I believe you and I'm mad because I love.”
Source : Song: Foolish, Album: Ashanti, 2002
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“The difference between the novice and the master is simply that the novice has not learnt, yet, how to do things in such a way that he can afford to make small mistakes. The master knows that the sequence of his actions will always allow him to cover his mistakes a little further down the line. It is this simple but essential knowledge which gives the work of a master carpenter its wonderful, smooth, relaxed, and almost unconcerned simplicity.”
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“Since a good part of my life has been wasted dealing with fools just like them, it's not worry I feel but weariness as I watch the approach of one more episode in the old, tired story of men who try to beat life, the smart ones who think they know it all and die with a look of surprise on their faces: at the final moment they always see the truth - they never really understood anything, never held anything in their hands. An old story, old and boring.”
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“What strikes me is that theres a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.”
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“You are mine. I recognize you. We twist our souls around each other's miseries. It is that which makes us family.”
Source : Anthony Marra (2013). “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena”, p.307, Random House
