"Rights are not easy to obtain, and once we understand this, we must work attentively and persistently - and never become careless or lazy."

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Source : Malalai Joya (2009). “A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

Malalai Joya

#Rights Quotes #Lazy Quotes #Easy Quotes

“I was out dancing with one actress or another. And that got press. Even when it didn't, the whole town knew I was a dancing fool, and since I couldn't very well dance with a man, they saw me dancing with a lady, and they assumed the rest.”
“Good Lord, I don't know what 'rights' a man has! And I don't know the solution of boredom. If I did, I'd be the one philosopher that had the cure for living. But I do know that about ten times as many people find their lives dull, and unnecessarily dull, as ever admit it; and I do believe that if we busted out and admitted it sometimes, instead of being nice and patient and loyal for sixty years, and then nice and patient and dead for the rest of eternity, why, maybe, possibly, we might make life more fun.”
“Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand.”
“The real lover is the man who can thrill you just by touching your head or smiling into your eyes - or just by staring into space.”
“I was born in Texas and I lived there 'till I was 8. Then I moved to the Dominican Republic with my mom, lived there for two years and forgot every word of English I knew.”
“The essence of forgiveness is seeing our humanness and seeing that we all have our limitations and follies.”
“When it comes to finances, it matters less how much money you make and more how you spend it.”
“stay together learn the flowers go light”

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