"If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted them, Their Oil would become Tears."

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Source : "Olives, a Violent Romance That Resonates in the Arab World" by Magda Abu-Fadil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 5, 2012.

Mahmoud Darwish

#Hands Quotes #Oil Quotes #Tree Quotes

“There is a medium in all things. There are certain limits beyond, or within which, that which is right cannot exist.”
“Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens?”
“When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to the storyteller.”
“The death of Satan was a tragedy For the imagination.”
“Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.”
“I guess because I'm so young, I m not sure of what lies ahead for me. I'm more into going the route of producing and directing. I just made a little short film. I'm more excited about going the route of doing a Drew Barrymore or... what's the one from 'Star Wars?”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“If a thing isn't worth saying, you sing it.”
“The thing is I'm a great believer in the perfect moment. They don't come around that often.”

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