Mahmud Tarzi famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The oppressed martyrs of our culture have shed blood that nourish the red tulips of our nation.
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The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.
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Once Europe existed in a Dark Age and Islam carried the torch of learning. Now we Muslims live in a Dark age.
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Although age has its normal limits, it may be extended by two things-the study of history and by travel. Reading history broadens one's perception of the creation of the world, while travel extends one's field of vision.
-- Mahmud Tarzi
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Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.
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If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
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When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine, See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd, The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.
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I'm a Red-baiter; I'm a witch-hunter if the witches are Communists.
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The man is United - cut him and he bleeds red
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If the worst happens, if you lose and fail, but you still celebrate coming second because you've given it a red hot go. There is no need to fear failure.
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Red is a colour I've felt very strongly about. Maybe red is a very Indian colour, maybe it's one of those things that I grew up with and recognise at some other level.
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