"When I was a young reporter, the great vice among journalists was whiskey. Today, it's cynicism."

-- Paul Simon

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“A mother is a school. Empower her; and you empower a great nation.”
“The Taliban's acts of cultural vandalism - the most infamous being the destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas - had a devastating effect on Afghan culture and the artistic scene. The Taliban burned countless films, VCRs, music tapes, books, and paintings. They jailed filmmakers, musicians, painters, and sculptors.”
“I dont remember a big fight between the Republicans and Democrats in the Nixon administration or President Gerald Ford and so on.”
“For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.”
“Mastery of yoga is really measured by how it influences our day-to-day living, how it enhances our relationships, how it promotes clarity and peace of mind.”
“Misery is evil; quarreling, a misfortune. There is only one possibility of avoiding both: a clear division of society. [Otherwise] the strong tyrannize the weak, the intelligent frighten the stupid, the inferior resist the superior, and the young mock the old.”
“Once in 1919, when I was traveling at night by train, I wrote a short story. In the town where the train stopped, I took the story to the publisher of the newspaper who published the story.”
“If God were alive today, He'd be an atheist.”

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