"The yearning to be Afghan, to be part of the country, part of the land helped me separate myself from the casual traveler and claim my Afghan identity."

-- Hyder Akbar

#Country Quotes #Land Quotes #Identity Quotes

“I have always hated biography, and more especially, autobiography. If biography, the writer invariably finds it necessary to plaster the subject with praises, flattery and adulation and to invest him with all the Christian graces. If autobiography, the same plan is followed, but the writer apologizes for it.”
“The voice is certainly important and you can hear if it's beautiful or not, it's the gods who decide; it's more a question of what you do with the voice, which is the mysterious element. It's the personality behind the voice which makes the artist. The voice is a gift of God, but if you're not able to use this gift, what's left? Nothing but a beautiful voice, without nuance or colour.”

Source : OperaNet Interview, www.culturekiosque.com.
“I tend to prefer traveling in the Third World countries. Like Ethiopia. Or Eritrea.”
“Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself.”
“I'm always struck with writing - I constantly feel like I don't know what I'm doing and I'm starting over.”

Source : "Remixing Philip Glass". Interview with Zachary Woolfe, www.nytimes.com. October 5, 2012.
“I have been vain since birth.”
“All true knowledge contradicts common sense.”
“All the girls in the world were divided into two classes: one class included all the girls in the world except her, and they had all the usual human feelings and were very ordinary girls; while the other class -herself alone- had no weaknesses and was superior to all humanity.”

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