"In some cases, people are silent; they're being complacent. But we're also seeing people speak out against some of these raids, these arrests. So for example, the Townhouse Gallery - the outreach director gave an interview to Ahram Online, which is a semi-official news agency here. And he sort of dismissed it, played it down. But the publisher from the publishing house - the Merit Publishing House, which was raided - he said this won't scare us; we will continue to dream of a free country, a country with social justice, and this won't silence us."

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Source : "Egypt Expands Crackdown On Freedom Of Expression, Advocates Say". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. December 30, 2015.

Leila Fadel

#Dream Quotes #Country Quotes #Agency Quotes

“It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.”
“To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face.”
“We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core, Appointing Godless Judges who throw reason out the door, Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb, But brave enough to kill a baby before he leaves the womb.”
“Oh yes. I'm an actor, so I just learn my lines, and show up and do it. I gave it a little bit of thought.”
“Whether you're a vampire or werewolf, love is still love. Betrayal is still betrayal.”
“There are no moderate Republicans left, with the exception of a few who would vote with us when it doesn't make any difference. It's the most rigid ideological party since before the Civil War. [...] The bumper sticker I'm going to have printed up for Democrats this year is, "We're not perfect, but they're nuts.”

Source : "Barney Frank tackles gay marriage, defense spending in Portland speech" by Seth Koenig, bangordailynews.com. June 10, 2012.
“I was there, the day that Horus killed the Emperor”
“Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.”

Source : Sir William Jones (1783). “A Grammar of the Persian Language ... The third edition, with an index”, p.134

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