"When I arrived in Beirut from Europe, I felt the oppressive, damp heat, saw the unkempt palm trees and smelt the Arabic coffee, the fruit stalls and the over-spiced meat. It was the beginning of the Orient. And when I flew back to Beirut from Iran, I could pick up the British papers, ask for a gin and tonic at any bar, choose a French, Italian, or German restaurant for dinner. It was the beginning of the West. All things to all people, the Lebanese rarely questioned their own identity."

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Source : Robert Fisk (2001). “Pity the Nation: Lebanon at War”, p.163, Oxford University Press, USA

Robert Fisk

#Coffee Quotes #Italian Quotes #Iran Quotes

“I'm just an old hippie. You know, peace and love.”

Source : "Sherman Hemsley, 'Jeffersons' Star, Is Dead at 74" by Mel Watkins, www.nytimes.com. July 24, 2012.
“It's just that the nature of being a director is being incredibly overwhelmed with getting the shots right, dealing with the locations, and then there's a two-year-old in the scene, and all that stuff - you know, there's a lot of kids in scenes.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.”
“The butterfly went to heaven and became a butterfly necktie.”
“I sure tried to help deliver compromise, consensus, bipartisanship.”
“The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.”
“Sisterly love is one of the few boons in this life.”

Source : Jane Bowles (2014). “My Sister's Hand in Mine: The Collected Works of Jane Bowles”, p.416, Macmillan
“Even if the music industry simply gave away all their music people would complain that they don't have the bandwidth to download all the stuff - the problem would merely shift from availability to distribution.”

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