"Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price."

-- Tahar Ben Jelloun

#Voice Quotes #Trying Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allow to starve.”
“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”
“The secret to life is to enjoy the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.”
“Nature will tell you a direct lie if she can.”
“The craving for equality can express itself either as a desire to pull everyone down to our own level (by belittling them, excluding them, tripping them up) or as a desire to raise ourselves up along with everyone else (by acknowledging them, helping them, and rejoicing in their success).”
“If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.”
“â€¦ what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names â€” otherwise you would be selling nothing â€” like â€œStructured Analysis and Designâ€, â€œSoftware Engineeringâ€, â€œMaturity Modelsâ€, â€œManagement Information Systemsâ€, â€œIntegrated Project Support Environmentsâ€ â€œObject Orientationâ€ and â€œBusiness Process Re-engineeringâ€.”
“I'm not very glamorous.”

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