"Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better."

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Zygmunt Bauman

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“Injury in general teaches you to appreciate every moment. I've had my share of injuries throughout my career. It's humbling. It gives you perspective. No matter how many times I've been hurt, I've learned from that injury and come back even more humble.”
“Without literature my life would be miserable.”
“True Islam taught me that it takes all of the religious, political, economic, psychological, and racial ingredients, or characteristics, to make the Human Family and the Human Society complete.”
“Thereâ€™s no democratic state thatâ€™s not compromised to the very core by its part in generating human misery.”
“Did I ever tell my constituents that if they liked their plan they could keep it? I would have if I ever met anybody who liked his or her plan, but that was not my experience, that was not my experience. And it was not my experience as a mother of five, who occasionally has a bad back and the rest of that. I was considered a poor risk, even though I had some resources and thought I was quite strong for having five children. But the insurance company didn't see it that way.”
“The narrative that each person tells herself and others is a big part of how we construct our self-identities. It's one of the most important ways that we make sense of our past and present and understand our hopes for the future.”
“The idea that we should be open to all ideas, is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.”

Source : "Harvard Radical". www.nytimes.com. August 24, 2003.
“The Palestinians need more help from the Arab countries. Since 1967, the world has learned that there is not going to be real progress in the region until Palestine gets something back that they had.”

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