"To the extent that the (ISIS's) advance is a series of urban revolts against the government of PM Nouri al-Maliki, the US would end up bombing ordinary city folk. For the US to be bombing Sunni towns all these years later on behalf of Mr. al-Maliki would be to invite terrorism against the US."

-- Juan Cole

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“Being diagnosed with diabetes can be a very scary thing, and it can easily make your life stand still for a moment.”
“Everywhere I've been, from South Africa to Brazil, people are connected to it. For me, art is a way to bring people together. You can put people on the same level, the perception is the same. You can bring a worker, like a cleaning guy, or the richest guy on earth, and they will have the same feeling or they would be able to feel the same.”

Source : "eL Seed’s New Home". Interview with Emily McDermott, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 28, 2016.
“I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.”
“In making portraits, I refuse to photograph myself as do so many photographers. My style is the style of the people I photograph.”
“Every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this planet; and that is about three billion years.”
“I would tell young people to start where they are with what they have and that the secret of a big success is starting with a small success and dreaming bigger and bigger dreams, I would tell them also that a young Black woman or a young Black man can't dream too much today or dare too much if he or she works hard, perseveres and dedicates themselves to excellence.”
“Don't fall for a magic wand, we humans got it all, we perform the miracles.”

Source : Song: Them Heavy People, Album: The Kick Inside, 1978
“I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.”

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