"Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion."

-- Mohsin Hamid

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“Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.”
“You can't replace a tree anyway. Like people, you don't know how big they were till they're gone.”

Source : George Ella Lyon (2010). “Borrowed Children”, p.82, University Press of Kentucky
“Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers. Forty hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum. You don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five. The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour. The winners drive home in the dark.”
“I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.”
“One of the main purpose of art has ever been that of making its indispensable contribution to the growth of entropy of the universal stupidity.”
“Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.”
“First off, I'd like to thank God for changing my life. He let me really realize what life is all about. Basketball is just a platform, In order for me to inspire people. And I realize that.”

Source : "Durant's Emotional MVP Acceptance Speech: 'I'd Like to Thank God for Changing My Life'" by Eric Corpus, www.christianpost.com. May 7, 2014.
“I am uncomfortable with heights, I'm scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.”

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