"What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid."

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Source : "Dying in Darfur" by Samantha Power, www.newyorker.com. August 30, 2004.

Samantha Power

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“For I am verily persuaded the generality of preachers talk of an unknown and unfelt Christ; and the reason why congregations have been so dead is, because they have had dead men preaching to them.”
“My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.”
“Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to I just found out my mom does more dope than I do”
“When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge and understanding of how holy You are, or at least let Your holiness shine forth in the spiritual lives we lead.' And this surely happens as men see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.113, Paulist Press
“When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.”

Source : Song: Master Blaster, 1980
“Scientific practice is above all a story-telling practice. ... Biology is inherently historical, and its form of discourse is inherently narrative. ... Biology as a way of knowing the world is kin to Romantic literature, with its discourse about organic form and function. Biology is the fiction appropriate to objects called organisms; biology fashions the facts "discovered" about organic beings.”
“Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.”
“I can understand there are things like shadows they need to fix after a shoot, but it's unfair to represent an image of yourself if it's not true. They're gonna see what you look like on film anyway, so why try to cover all your wobbly bits in a photo?”

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