"Afghanistan had collapsed and everyone's life now lies broken at different levels within the rubble."

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Source : Nadeem Aslam (2008). “The Wasted Vigil”, p.39, Faber & Faber

Nadeem Aslam

#Lying Quotes #Broken Quotes #Levels Quotes

“A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the most important rights of the subject, and in a republic ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law...That portion of the sovereignty, to which each individual is entitled, can never be too highly prized. It is that for which we have fought and bled...”
“Truth knows no color; it appeals to intelligence.”

Source : Ralph Wiley (1993). “What Black People Should Do Now: Dispatches from Near the Vanguard”, Ballantine Books
“Sometimes people think it's what you say when you're in a huge group that makes you a leader. But sometimes it's the one-on-one conversations you have with guys individually, just getting to know them. I think I've done that a lot. Not intentionally - it just happens.”
“You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Well-established Supreme Court precedents indicate that states - like the states of Washington and Minnesota - have no equal-protection rights of their own, nor can they vindicate equal-protection rights of their citizens. The same is true about being able to challenge alleged religious discrimination. This limitation on the states' authority to champion such claims is fundamental to our separation-of-powers architecture.”

Source : "Is President Trump’s executive order constitutional?". www.washingtonpost.com. February 6, 2017.
“I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.”
“Microblogs are yet another form of public display, but I would rather be true to myself.”

Source : Source: travel.cnn.com
“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.”

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