"The whole Hollywood conception of Tibet as this peace-loving country denies the complex humanity of the Tibetan people. Their ideas exist in a high degree of tension with impulses toward corruption, toward violence, toward all sorts of things. The Dalai Lama himself would say that he has to fight these impulses himself on a daily basis."

-- Pankaj Mishra

#Country Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“That this is not a sense of innovation and competition increasing prices because some other company is coming in and competing with Martin Shkreli. This is literally a monopoly.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“Sexual difference is probably the issue in our time which could be our 'salvation' if we thought it through.”

Source : Luce Irigaray (1993). “An Ethics of Sexual Difference”, p.5, Cornell University Press
“Hadrian shook his head and sighed. â€œWhy do you have to make everything so difficult? Theyâ€™re probably not bad peopleâ€”just poor. You know, taking what they need to buy a loaf of bread to feed their family. Can you begrudge them that? Winter is coming and times are hard.â€ He nodded his head in the direction of the thieves. â€œRight?â€ â€œI ainâ€™t got no family,â€ flat-nose replied. â€œI spend most of my coin on drink.â€ â€œYouâ€™re not helping,â€ Hadrian said.”
“I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature”
“Ye Heavens, how sang they in your courts, How sang the angelic choir that day, When from his tomb the imprisoned God, Like the strong sunrise, broke away?”
“I love bikes. I used to own one, but I fell off it when I was younger and that was the end of my bike riding days until now.”
“I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.”
“Most importantly, itÂ´s in giving thanks...”

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