Quotes
Authors
Ahmed Rashid

"In my view, the Western model of influencing the development of third world countries is doomed to failure. The West does not understand how to deal with states that no longer have any authority and are threatened by dissolution. Their efforts failed in Iraq as well as Afghanistan. They are simply not capable of promoting the indigenous economy. Many billions of dollars flooded into Afghanistan, but without any significant effect."

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

Ahmed Rashid

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“We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down.”
“A life with difficult relationships, filled with obstacles and losses, presents the most opportunity for the soul's growth.”
“You will identify yourself either as a body or perfect spirit, as either divided or whole, depending upon how you see others. And, once you understand that, you will be careful about how you think about other people.”
“Explain to people that everything they say is an affirmation. Everything they think is an affirmation. Everything! What you want to do is to get control of what you are saying and thinking, so these things bring you good experiences in life rather than rotten experiences.”
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”

Source : "Fictional character: Sonmi-451". "Cloud Atlas", www.imdb.com. 2012.
“I never assign blame in a crisis. There is no benefit to doing so.”
“Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.”
“My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.”

Source : Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”, p.101, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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