"The pirates are serving a purpose right now. They come from regions which have been completely ignored, and Westerners have tried to destroy these regions by their constant plundering of resources and by the illegal dumping of nuclear waste. The pirates really began in order to discourage these actions - initially. And then the business became lucrative."

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Source : "K’naan: Straight Outta Mogadishu". Interview with Eamon Kircher-Allen, www.motherjones.com. March/April 2009.

K'naan

#Order Quotes #Pirate Quotes #Nuclear Quotes

“I am obsessed with trash TV. I watch all reality shows. I watch all the 'Housewives.' I am a huge fan of 'New Jersey.'”

Source : "The next Bethenny". Interview with Sean Daly, nypost.com. September 11, 2012.
“If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.”

Source : U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 9, 2006.
“Oh -- who's the Queen?" "Her, of course. The White Queen. You're just like Alice, you know. Down the rabbit hole with the Mad Hatter.”
“The idea of old was to conform yourself to a style of cooking, it was not to create a style of cooking. Now the chef is so much into 'I want to sign that dish and say I am the one who made that dish.”

Source : "Jacques Pepin: Consumers May Pay Price Of Chefs’ Fame" By J.M. HIRSCH, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2011.
“Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me.”
“What a jolly thing military surveillance is!”

Source : Belle Boyd (1865). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.382
“Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.”

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