"The West has given the world the symphony, and the novel."

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Source : Ibn Warraq (2013). “Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy”, p.17, Encounter Books

Ibn Warraq

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“It is very unreasonable of people to expect one should be at home, because one is in the house. Of all privileges, that of invisibility is the most valuable.”

Source : Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) (1809). “The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu: with some of the letters of her correspondents”, p.78
“I really have to keep an eye on myself, because sometimes I think I might say something important.”
“My radio, believe me, I like it loud, I'm the man with a box that can rock the crowd. Walkin' down the street, to the hardcore beat While my JVC vibrates the concrete.”

Source : Song: I Can't Live Without My Radio, Album: Radio
“Life is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose.”
“I used to love the 'Star Trek' movies, 'Wrath of Khan' and stuff like that. Loved those movies when I was a kid. And 'Star Wars' obviously was hands-down probably - I mean I had the sheets. I was a big fan of that.”
“If you make a choice that goes against what everyone else thinks, the world will not fall apart.”
“The major newspapers simply stopped writing about me, and my voice could no longer be heard on radio or television.”
“Hone and spread your spirit till you yourself are a sail, whetted, translucent, broadside to the merest puff.”

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