"I emphasize in it [my Orientalism] accortdingly that neither the term Orient nor the concept of the West has any ontological stability; each is made up of human effort, partly affirmation, partly identification of the Other."

-- Edward Said

#Effort Quotes #Orientalism Quotes #West Quotes

“Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie. Study computers instead.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
“Most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich countries, has become their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives.”
“The resort to human flesh, often after months of ever-increasing hunger pangs, appeared to be an animallike reaction without painful emotional overtones.”

Source : "The cannibal within" by Lewis Petrinovich, (p. 177), 2000.
“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
“Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it's clear that most people, let alone most capitalists, aren't very virtuous.”

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