"Living somewhere permanently, you have a stake in society. I had no stake. It did not matter to my life which way the war turned, and I think that gave a certain purity to the endeavor that I undertook. I see it as something positive, something that helps me conduct the kind of reporting that I wanted to do."

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Anjan Sundaram

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Helping Quotes

“When I was trying to impress Kate, I was trying to cook these amazing fancy dinners and what would happen was I would burn something, something would overspill, something would catch on fire and she would be sitting in the background trying to help, and basically taking control of the whole situation, so I was quite glad she was there at the time.”
“In a sense it's a one-man show... except there are two men involved, Hartson and Berkovic, and a third man, the goalkeeper.”
“Anything more than the truth would be too much.”
“Years ago I heard the Indian Jesuit Raimundo Panikkar say: Expect Nothing.”
“We are a complex species to observe”
“Ritalin abuse is a big issue in the US.”
“I'm a teenager, but I'm independent - I have my own apartment, I have my own life. And I think I have learned more than any of those teenagers have in school. I learned to be responsible, leaving my family and coming here alone.”
“Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.”

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