"Life defined only as the opposite of death is not life."

-- Mahmoud Darwish

#Opposites Quotes

“Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the future.”

Source : "Wall Street Protests: Cash-Roots" by Jill Lepore, www.newyorker.com. October 6, 2011.
“I do think that all economies need a sense of fiscal discipline especially over the midterm and if you are in the middle of a debt crisis you can't borrow your way out of a debt crisis. That's logically impossible.”
“The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it.”
“I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid.”
“Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it also forces you to be more particular. In so many ways, you become more adamant about finding that right person and not allowing yourself to open up to just anybody.”
“Only people who suffer show the ravages of age.”
“You know I was just taking a dump one day, and then as I sat there I realized, I really do deserve better.”
“To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.”

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