"[The Middle East conflict ] just kind of ran its course for me. For a long time I could justify doing it to myself, no matter how irrational it was. It was important to me and my work. And I just don't feel it in the same way any more. When it comes up and it's important to me, I'll do it, but more out of sense of duty than desire - which used to be a big part of it."

-- Peter van Agtmael

#Long Quotes #Desire Quotes #Important Quotes

“I'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining, because I'm free, nothing's worrying me.”

Source : "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (song) (1969)
“I don't like precious things; I don't spend thousands of dollars on jewellery for myself. I like going into a junk store and finding something for five dollars. That's my style.”
“The aspiration to such uniformity and order alerts us to the fact that modern statecraft is largely a project of internal colonization, often glossed, as it is in its imperial rhetoric, as a 'civilizing mission'.”
“I guess the anthropomorphising is something I've done all my life.”
“Music saved my life and Music saves me still.”

Source : "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life". Documentary, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2013.
“Human history begins with man's act of disobedience which is at the very same time the beginning of his freedom and development of his reason.”
“There is no shortage of evidence that when we support the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, they are able to realize their full potential to engage in, contribute to and benefit from sustainable development. In doing so, we will all reap the benefits; in our homes, throughout our communities, and across our nations.”
“I'll get up there and I'll do my guitar solos in one of those space outfits.”

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