"I'm like any Brazilian: I like to go out and enjoy myself."

“I'm rather bored by the subject - meaning me. It's a sort of a yoke, but at times you know, a yoke is a kind of comfort. And it's always there.”
“Evolution on the large scale unfolds, like much of human history, as a succession of dynasties.”
“The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.”
“As security or firewall administrators, we've got basically the same concerns [as plumbers]: the size of the pipe, the contents of the pipe, making sure the correct traffic is in the correct pipes, and keeping the pipes from splitting and leaking all over the place. Of course, like plumbers, when the pipes do leak, we're the ones responsible for cleaning up the mess, and we're the ones who come up smelling awful...”
“Good grief. If we canâ€™t laugh at ourselves, and at one another, in good spirit and without malice, then what fun can be left? If we must withhold all ribbing in the name of protecting everyoneâ€™s feelings, then we truly are a toothless society. We will reach what I call â€œthe lowest common denominator of butthurt.”
“All whom war, dearth, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance, hath slain.”
“I think because "Dollhouse" was the first story that I put out. It was the first thing that people were able to listen to and find the aesthetic of my music, so I figured we could use that as a title.”
“What makes me myself rather than anyone else is the very fact that I am poised between two countries, two or three languages, and several cultural traditions. It is precisely this that defines my identity. Would I exist more authentically if I cut off a part of myself”

Source : Amin Maalouf (2001). “In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong”, p.1, Arcade Publishing

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