"At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets."

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Tahar Ben Jelloun

#Real Quotes #Army Quotes #Bullets Quotes

“I dont get cute I get drop dead gorgeous.”
“Thousands of engineers can design bridges, calculate strains and stresses, and draw up specifications for machines, but the great engineer is the man who can tell whether the bridge or the machine should be built at all, where it should be built, and when.”
“A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.”
“My spiritual high naturally dissipated. At some point you've got to come out of the clouds and live real life. Again, it's just like falling in love. The feeling of euphoria is only temporary.”

Source : Pattie Mallette, A. J. Gregory (2012). “Nowhere but Up: The Story of Justin Bieber's Mom”, p.84, Baker Books
“Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions. But crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.”

Source : Jawaharlal Nehru, M. Chalapathi Rau, H. Y. Sharada Prasad, Bal Ram Nanda (1972). “Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: Advisory Board: M. Chalapathi Rau, H. Y. Sharada Prasad, and B. R. Nanda; General Editor: S. Gopal”
“Thinking about death... clarifies your life!”

Source : Candy Chang (2013). “Before I Die”, p.15, St. Martin's Griffin
“I wanted to be a Disney Channel star! I wanted to be Hannah Montana.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.”

Source : 1992 In Time Out,19 Aug.

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