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“Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.”
Source : Arundhati Roy (2003). “War Talk”, p.47, South End Press
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“I think we all have a lot of different personas inside of ourselves. What happens in life is that most people get caught up in presenting one persona that they feel safest in.”
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“Truth disappears with the telling of it.”
Source : Lawrence Durrell (1960). “Clea”
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“But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.”
Source : "'We Should Not Fear Being Called Radical'". Interview with Farish A. Noor, theseoultimes.com. 
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“Don't choose me. I'm not worth your time.”
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“Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source.”
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“I actually made an effort to reject acting, to shove it out of my body, because I didn't want my kids to have an actress as a mother-to have, like, a silly person.”
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“If I had to model clothes in a time period other than the 21st century, I think I'd like to model way back when they just wore skin loincloths. That would be best suited for me - better than corsets. I'm quite claustrophobic.”
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“Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.”
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“What did I know, what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?”
Source : "ThoseWinter Sundays" l. 10 (1962)
