"It is legitimate to have one's own point of view and political philosophy. But there are people who make anger, rather than a deeply held belief, the basis of their actions. They do not seem to mind harming society as a whole in the pursuit of their immediate objective. No society can survive if it yields to the demands of frenzy, whether of the few or the many."

-- Indira Gandhi

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“We shall never deny a guest even the most ridiculous request.”
“Mr Earbrass stands on the terrace at twilight. It is bleak; it is cold; and the virtue has gone out of everything. Words drift through his mind: anguish turnips conjunctions illness defeat string parties no parties urns desuetude disaffection claws loss Trebizond napkins shame stones distance fever Antipodes mush glaciers incoherence labels miasma amputation tides deceit mourning elsewards.”
“I'm very much an optimist. I don't think I could do my work if I didn't believe there was some kind of hope for humanity.”
“Scott Buchanan . . . taught me that the questions that can be answered are not worth asking.”

Source : Milton Mayer (1969). “Man v The State”
“I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions which I, and only I, could answer.”

Source : Ralph Ellison (2010). “Invisible Man”, p.40, Vintage
“I pause a second. He doesn't look at me the way Will, Christina, and Al sometimes do - like I am too small and too weak to be of any use, and they pity me for it.”
“The Quran says nothing about the veil, except for an injunction to veil the bosom, which is obvious. As for the face, Muhammad's wife Khadijeh never wore the veil, nor did the other wives of the Prophet after Khadijeh died. [...] The ulema have twisted the Quran with their hadith, always twisting it toward those in power, until the message Muhammad laid out so clearly, straight from God, has been reversed, and good Muslim women are made like slaves again, or worse.”

Source : "The Years of Rice and Salt". Book by Kim Stanley Robinson, 2002.
“I'm into indie music. I think indie is going to bring back the spirit in music. There was a time when it was all about accommodating the music business, the music was getting tasteless, but the spirit is back.”

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