"We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are."

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Source : Mahmoud Darwish (2013). “Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems”, p.31, Univ of California Press

Mahmoud Darwish

“Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I attribute my entire football career, as far as getting me started, getting me interested, keeping me that way was my father. He went to every game even though he was crippled and wasn't real healthy.”
“But as I stood there dressed in a cute black pants suit and white button-up shirt and heels, I felt completely out of place. Not necessarily because of the clothes, butâ€¦I just donâ€™t belong there. I canâ€™t put my finger on it, but that Monday and the rest of that week when I woke up, got dressed and walked into that store, something was itching the back part of my consciousness. I couldnâ€™t hear the actual words, but it felt like: This is your life, Camryn Bennett. This is your life.”
“I do like moving my legs a lot, like maybe moon walk-y things. I don't have like one move, because I try as much as I can. But I just love imitating impossible things that dancers do.”

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“I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst of battle.”
“One who never asks either knows everything or nothing.”
“There are several such issues where I have departed radically from the Republican orthodoxy.”
“The managerial class has forced on us a public language that makes no sense”

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