"I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there."

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Source : "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 23, 2012.

Hannah Simone

#Thinking Quotes #House Quotes #Greek Quotes

“I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.”
“I always come across sounding like I hate my children. I actually love them very much.”
“If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table.”
“I've made peace with myself. Good for you. That's the hardest war of all to win. Didn't say I won. Just stopped fighting.”
“There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears.”
“Sentimentality and nostalgia are closely related. Kissing cousins. I have no time for nostalgia, though. Nostalgics believe the past is nicer than the present. It isn't. Or wasn't. Nostalgics want to cuddle the past like a puppy. But the past has bloody teeth and bad breath. I look into its mouth like a sorrowing dentist.”
“I have sort of the career where, if you are a fan, you've been following me for a while, and you really like something that I've done, so meeting those people is always a really gracious experience.”
“Social media is something women didn't have 10 years ago, and that's a big aspect in feminism today. I don't have to be filtered by anyone. I choose.”

Source : Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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