"Perhaps there really are occasions in life when itâ€™s best not to say anything."

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Source : Miljenko Jergović (1997). “Sarajevo Marlboro”, Penguin Uk

Miljenko Jergovic

#Say Anything Quotes #Occasions Quotes

“God can make greatness out of a great mess”
“We all say in our own lives that money isn't everything. Love matters, friendships matter. My relationship with my kids matters. It shouldn't be a giant leap to take that thought and introduce it into political dialogue”
“The government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, weâ€™ll have more middle-class people. But homeownership and college arenâ€™t causes of middle-class status, theyâ€™re markers for possessing the kinds of traits â€” self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. â€” that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class. Subsidizing the markers doesnâ€™t produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them.”
“No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.”
“Your intention to love, no matter what, is the absolute key to happiness.”
“I still hope to kill Fischer”
“I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.”
“Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally.”

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