"What it is to see, what liberties are taken when one looks, where looking leaves one vis-a-vis one's subject, or how far looking ultimately becomes one's subject - these are important questions."

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Howard Jacobson

#Taken Quotes #Important Quotes #Liberty Quotes

“China and India are close neighbours linked by mountains and rivers and the Chinese and Indian peoples have enjoyed friendly exchanges for thousands of years.”
“As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other idea has a chance.”

Source : Susan Neiman (2009). “Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists”, p.153, Princeton University Press
“Ah, but you're the insidious type--Jane Eyre with of touch of Becky Sharp. A thoroughly dangerous girl.”
“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.”

Source : Rudyard Kipling (2015). “ULTIMATE Collection of Rudyard Kipling: His Greatest Works in One Volume (Illustrated Edition): The Jungle Book, The Man Who Would Be King, Just So Stories, Kim, The Light That Failed, Captain Courageous, Plain Tales from the Hills”, p.474, e-artnow
“There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually do my shift for four or five years and then you got to move on.”
“Christians are meant to have the same vocation as their King, that of cross-bearers. It is this conscience of a high calling and of partnership with Jesus which brings gladness in tribulations, which makes Christians enter prisons for their faith with the joy of a bridegroom entering the bridal room.”
“The crowds treat me like my last name. When I go onstage people usually stand up, I never ask them to, but they do. They stand up and they don't know how much I appreciate it.”
“Our average holding period is four years.”

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