"To tell my story, to touch lives."

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Source : Emmanuel Jal (2009). “War Child: A Child Soldier's Story”, p.184, Macmillan

Emmanuel Jal

#Stories Quotes

“I would have given my right arm to have been a pianist.”
“The Web is fascinating and transformative, but it's an easy, flashy, get-rich-quick option to the hard graft of proper industry.”
“These days everyone was insisting on their identity, coming out as a man, woman, gay, black, Jew - brandishing whichever features they could claim, as if without a tag they wouldnâ€™t be human.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2009). “The Black Album”, p.66, Faber & Faber
“We know what we need to do. Let's re-elect President Obama!”
“Perry, Jeremy, Man, Just knowing that you guys look up to me, And I can help you out so much, I could pull you to the side when we're working out. And just as much as you think I'm making you better, You elevate my game.”
“I'm sensitive to how people are feeling if they feel like they got it wrong, and sensitive to the people who are kind of gloating that they knew all along, they figured it out. I'm loving them through this process, because I know that it took me a while once I found out that it was me.”
“The holiness of the church means that life, as well as truth, marks Christâ€™s church; the behavior of Christians in the world must be remarkable enough to cause grudging admiration, astonished curiosity or threatening hostility.”
“Joy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.”

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