"Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language. So we're talking about the Bible itself being a translation of a translation of a translation. And, in reality, it has affected people's lives in history."

-- Ngugi wa Thiong'o

#Jesus Quotes #Latin Quotes #Reality Quotes

“In order that the revolution should be something more than a word, in order that the reaction should not lead us back tomorrow to the situation of yesterday, the conquest of today must be worth the trouble of defending; the poor of yesterday must be worth the trouble of defending; the poor of yesterday must not be poor tomorrow.”
“Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt.”

Source : J. M. Coetzee (1980). “Waiting for the Barbarians”, Penguin Group USA
“My parents weren't in the arts, but we grew up in Balmain, which at that time was an artistic, bohemian suburb of Sydney. It's a lot more gentrified now. It was very working class, pubs on every corner because it's right by the water so a lot of the guys on the ships and the boats used to go and drink there. It's very posh now.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Iâ€™ve never heard of a man being so eager to confess to the parent of a girl heâ€™s just ruined”
“And last but not the least”
“We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good.”

Source : Isaac Barrow (1798). “Twenty two sermons on various subjects: selected from the works of the Rev. Isaac Barrow, ...”, p.378
“[The] idealization of marriage is typical of those who are excluded from it: priests, gays, adolescents. It shows an extraordinary willful blindness.”
“I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.”

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