"My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person."

-- KatÃ³ Lomb

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“Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion is present, the result is almost invariably affirmative.”
“Actually, who hasn't been through the ghastly experience of sitting in front of a blank page, with its toothless mouth grinning at you: Go ahead, let's see you lay a finger on me? A blank page is actually a whitewashed wall with no door and no window. Beginning to tell a story is like making a pass at a total stranger in a restaurant.”

Source : Amos Oz (1999). “The Story Begins: Essays on Literature”, Harcourt
“Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.”

Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.
“In the last 1,000 years, the Arabs have translated as many books as Spain translates in just one year.”
“When the seasons change, we experience a sympathetic internal shift. All life-forms open themselves up to receive cosmic redirection from nature during these crucial seasonal transitions, so we are likely to be more vulnerable and unsettled.”
“I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.”
“Learn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely.”
“I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.”

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