"My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were orthodox before that and deep down we were always Serbs, religion cannot change that. We only became Muslims to survive the Turks."

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Source : The Guardian, March 04, 2005.

Emir Kusturica

#Atheist Quotes #Father Quotes #Years Quotes

“A children's biography doesn't have to be comprehensive, and it doesn't have to be definitive. It does have to be accurate, to the extent that's possible. And most of all, it has to be a piece of literature, a compelling read. I want the reader to discover the joy of reading.”
“The centermost processes of the brain with which consciousness is presumably associated are simply not understood. They are so far beyond our comprehension that no one I know of has been able to imagine their nature.”

Source : "Genius Talk: Conversations With Nobel Scientists and Other Luminaries". Book by Denis Brian, 1995.
“I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.”
“Generally I don't listen to sad songs if I'm sad. I listen to happy songs.”
“Knowledge, or more expressively truth,--for knowledge is truth received into our intelligence,--truth is an ideal whole.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Sketch of the author's life (p. i-ccxxxii) Shades of the dead. Critical essays. Lecture, on the worth of knowledge”, p.473
“The people in your life are important. Meaningful relationships with those people are very important.”
“Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. Sometimes it's the only story you know how to tell.”
“What is jazz? It, It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.”

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