"There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule]."

-- Thein Sein

#Race Quotes #Farming Quotes #British Quotes

“I could cook from quite an early age - purely because I liked it.”
“It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.”

Source : Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1970). “Culture, Language and Personality”, p.62, Univ of California Press
“I think when one becomes very close to another person, it can mean loving and intimacy, but on the other hand, there's also the danger of one destructing another under the name of love. I think that is the scariest thing for me in various relationships.”

Source : Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. March 9, 2010.
“The next time you feel rejection's sting, remember God's words to Samuel: "It is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me." (1 Sam. 8:7)”
“The only victory over love is flight.”
“Don't you think that as a people, Americans have less poetry, real poetry, in their souls than any other nations?”
“I shall not be deterred by people who don't see where the future of Africa lies. It is the short-sighted people who put their opinions in writing. They don't understand that the future of all countries lies in processing.”

Source : "Uganda Leader Defends Forest Plan". news.bbc.co.uk. April 13, 2007.
“If that type of bad God did exist, then we could go on living in good health. If we could push the responsibility for our misery onto God, then we would have that much more peace of mind, wouldn't we?”

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