"What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism."

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Octavio Paz

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“As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.”
“People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.”
“When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.”

Source : Alex Haley (2016). “Roots: The Saga of an American Family”, p.327, Da Capo Press
“The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we so attached to the dietary fallacies with which we were raised, so afraid to counter the arbitrary laws of eating taught to us in childhood by our misinformed parents, that we cannot alter the course they set us on, even if it leads to our own ruin? Does the prospect of standing apart or encounttering ridicule scare us even from saving ourselves?”

Source : "Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat". Book by Howard Lyman and Glen Merzer, 1998.
“Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.”
“On the best tactic when playing alongside Kareem Abdul-Jabbar- Just give him the ball.”
“Whatever stress some may lay upon it, a death-bed repentance is but a weak and slender plank to trust our all on.”

Source : Laurence Sterne (1859). “The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: Gentleman & A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy”, p.540
“The most important things that any member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ever does in this world are: 1. To marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority; and 2. To keep the covenant made in connection with the holy and perfect order of matrimony-thus assuring the obedient persons of an inheritance of exaltation in the celestial kingdom.”

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