"If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood."

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Peter Handke

#Writing Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Storyteller Quotes

“Islam is a peaceful religion.”
“I was a mixture of being incredibly old for my age and incredibly backwards. I was born quite old, but then I stopped growing. I lived with my mum and dad till I was 30.”
“I do not intend that our natural resources shall be exploited by the few against the interests of the many.”
“All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?”
“What I am after is the first impression - I want to show all one sees on first entering the room - what my eye takes in at first glance.”
“There are sufficient resources in the world for the needs of everybody, but not enough for the greed of even a significant minority.”

Source : Millard Fuller (1994). “The Theology of the Hammer”, p.38, Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.
“I'm compulsively on time. It drives me insane when people are late.”

Source : "Interview: Zach Gilford willing to work in 'Mob Doctor's' shadow". Interview with Luis Gomez, articles.chicagotribune.com. September 16, 2012.
“When you meet a head of state, and you say, 'What is your most precious natural resource?' they will not say children at first, and then when you say, 'children,' they will pretty quickly agree with you.”

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