"I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. I think all theories are suspect, that the finest principles may have to be modified, or may even be pulverized by the demands of life, and that one must find, therefore, one's own moral center and move through the world hoping that this center will guide one aright."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Country Quotes #Moving Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“What we deplore is not that the gate of western knowledge was thrown open to Indians, but that such knowledge was imported to India at the sacrifice of our own cultural heritage. What was needed was a proper synthesis between the two systems and not neglect, far less destruction, of the Indian base.”

Source : Speech delivered at Gurkula Visvavidyalaya Convocation on 25th April 1943, "Educational Speeches" by Dr. Shyamaprasad Mookerjee, A.Mukherjee & Co. (Private) Ltd., 2 College Square, Kolkata 700 012, 1959.
“I never intended for the Sex Pistols to be immeasurably successful.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Malcolm McLaren, musician". Interview with Amy Fleming, www.theguardian.com. August 10, 2009.
“Making the complicated simple is true creativity.”
“Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm a horrible romantic!”
“Acts of the devil revealed and reveled, designed to recline the mind to lower level.”

Source : Song: Knowledge is King
“Long before I was a star, I was a fan.”

Source : Bill Anderson (1989). “Whisperin' Bill: An Autobiography”
“I have a very strong belief in what I like, or a very strong opinion in genre films that I like to watch.”

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