"Pakistan produces people of extraordinary bravery. But no nation should ever require its citizens to be that brave."

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Source : "What has Malala Yousafzai done to the Taliban?" by Kamila Shamsie, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2012.

Nadeem Aslam

#People Quotes #Bravery Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“The use of butterflies is to adorn the world and delight the eyes of men, to brighten the countryside, serving like so many golden spangles to decorate the fields.”
“Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out.”
“I'm four months along, but I feel like I'm carrying the baby in my a--, it's so big.”
“Nobody kills me and lives to tell about it.”
“I like to go to the clubs. As long as the environment permits, and it's not too knuckleheadish, I'm there, I go to the club. Because that's where you get inspiration from.”

Source : "Lil Jon is ready to get wild on the road". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. May 24, 2005.
“Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.”
“Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or it may not happen. So, how can you teach anybody how to write? It's beyond me, because you yourself don't even know if you're going to be able to. I'm always worried, well, you know, every time I go upstairs with my wine bottle. Sometimes I'll sit at that typewriter for fifteen minutes, you know. I don't go up there to write. The typewriter's up there. If it doesn't start moving, I say, well this could be the night that I hit the dust.”
“I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing to a vicious luxury, and Whitechapel cursing to a filthy debauchery - such suffering, such dreadful suffering - and shall the short years of Christ's mission atone for it all?”

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