"When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing. You can't defend yourself when you're militarily occupying someone else's land. That's not defense. Call it what you like, it's not defense."

-- Noam Chomsky

#Crush Quotes #Military Quotes #Land Quotes

“Acting is all about being truthful. I'm really bad at lying. I'm one of the worst liars I know.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I really don't have a problem showing the ugly side of people. If that means my wearing no makeup, that's fine. To me, that's beautiful.”
“The authors of book reviews would consider themselves dishonored were they to mention, as they should, the subject of the book.”
“I believe in singing. I believe in singing together.”
“It is scarcely possible that the eyes of contemporaries should discover in the public felicity the latent causes of decay and corruption. This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.”

Source : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)
“Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen of late is by The British Art Resistance. Their document, 'A Call for Heroes in an Age of Cowards', is apt in these days of witless chancers.”
“As a wise man once said: Wherever you go, there you are.”
“Our cities with their swollen populations and cliff dwelling high-rise buildings are breeding places for loneliness. Neighborhoods crumble under the housing development bulldozers and families scatter in pursuit of jobs and professions everywhere. In a world of wheels, old and comfortable groupings of people have disappeared.”

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