"I am not taking away the historical legacy, but it should not become a burden."

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Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org

Asghar Ali Engineer

#Historical Quotes #Legacy Quotes #Burden Quotes

“I hope that what I am today is of positive benefit to other people.”
“Amazing fine tuning occurs in the laws that make this complexity possible. Realization of the complexity of what is accomplished makes it very difficult not to use the word 'miraculous' without taking a stand as to the ontological status of the word.”

Source : "The Anthropic Principle: Laws and Environments". Article in "The Anthropic Principle: Proceedings of the Second Venice Conference on Cosmology and Philosophy", book edited by F. Bertola and U. Curi, Cambridge University Press, p. 30, 1988.
“It's always been about the songs for us. It doesn't matter about all the image stuff. We're really about making songs that people can relate to, that we love, that they will love, that we will enjoy playing live.”

Source : "Simple Plan Reveal New Album Plans, Talk 5sos & Warped Tour". Interview with Maria Sherman, www.fuse.tv. July 22, 2015.
“Building weapons that we don't need, don't work, and aren't necessary, and have no mission Â— that's not bad politics, that's robbery.”
“You should have access to ideas and information regardless of your age. If anyone is going to limit or guide a young person, it should be the parent or guardian and only the parent or guardian.”

Source : "A Library That Would Rather Block Than Offend" by Pamela Mendels, The New York Times, archive.nytimes.com. January 18, 1997).
“Caught in the self-centered dream, only suffering; holding to self-centered thoughts, exactly the dream; each moment, life as it is, the only teacher; being just this moment, compassion's way.”
“I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.”
“Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.”

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